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Signal Processing Techniques For Analysis Of Heart Sounds And Electrocardiograms, Alan D. Bernstein
Signal Processing Techniques For Analysis Of Heart Sounds And Electrocardiograms, Alan D. Bernstein
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Audible heart sounds represent less than 5% of the vibrational energy associated with the cardiac cycle. In this study, experiments have been conducted to explore the feasibility of examining cardiac vibration by means of a single display encompassing the entire bandwidth of the oscillations and relating components at different frequencies. Zero-phase-shift digital filtering is shown to be required in producing such displays, which extend from a recognizable phonocardiogram at one frequency extreme to a recognizable apexcardiogram at the other. Certain features in mid-systole and early diastole, observed by means of this technique, appear not to have been previously described.
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