A Software for Preprocessing Experimental BSPM Signals for a CRT Study

Abstract

In this text, we describe the developed system for Body Surface Potential Mapping (BSPM) signals preprocessing and basic processing. The BSPM is based on multichannel ECG measurement with up to hundreds of electrodes in a specific grid on the body surface. The project is focused on the signals of patients after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). These patients are indicated for CRT because of heart failure, and it is necessary to realize the difference in electrical and mechanical heart activity of such patients. The presented software is designed according to the specific conditions of the issue, with respect to minimization of the morphology distortion during filtering and specificity during signal delineation (finding of ECG characteristic points).

Keywords

• ecg
• bspm
• crt
• signal preprocessing