Effects of non-uniform quantization on ECG acquired using compressed sensing

Darren Craven, Brian McGinley, Liam Kilmartin, Martin Glavin, Edward Jones

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the effects of quantization on Compressed Sensing (CS) measurements applied to Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Two methods of quantization are proposed in this paper: uniform and non-uniform. Reconstruction is performed using a dictionary based on the Mexican Hat wavelet. A distortion-based performance metric Percent Root-mean-squared Difference (PRD) will be monitored at various Compression Ratios (CR) to quantify the impact of quantization. The energy cost of transmission is also evaluated for different levels of quantization and compared, at certain PRD levels. The results demonstrate that non-uniform quantization outperforms the uniform approach and that employing nonuniform quantization improves implementation efficiency for applications with acceptable PRDs above 6.75%. Results show that utilizing non-uniform quantization can increase the CR from 9.8 to 14.1 for a PRD of 30%. Furthermore, this amounts to a 28.91% reduction in wireless transmission per frame from 37.7 μJ to 26.8 μJ considering Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) as a target wireless communication protocol.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2014 4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming Healthcare Through Innovations in Mobile and Wireless Technologies", MOBIHEALTH 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages79-82
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781631900143
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jan 2015
Event4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, MOBIHEALTH 2014 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 3 Nov 20145 Nov 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2014 4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming Healthcare Through Innovations in Mobile and Wireless Technologies", MOBIHEALTH 2014

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, MOBIHEALTH 2014
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period3/11/145/11/14

Keywords

  • Ambulatory monitoring
  • Biomedical signal compression
  • Compressed sensing (CS)
  • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Quantization

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