Detection of ventricular fibrillation from multiple sensors

Stephanie A. Lindsley; Lonnie C. Ludeman

doi:10.1117/12.138216

9 July 1992 Detection of ventricular fibrillation from multiple sensors

Stephanie A. Lindsley, Lonnie C. Ludeman

Proceedings Volume 1699, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138216
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Ventricular fibrillation is a potentially fatal medical condition in which the flow of blood through the body is terminated due to the lack of an organized electric potential in the heart. Automatic implantable defibrillators are becoming common as a means for helping patients confronted with repeated episodes of ventricular fibrillation. Defibrillators must first accurately detect ventricular fibrillation and then provide an electric shock to the heart to allow a normal sinus rhythm to resume. The detection of ventricular fibrillation by using an array of multiple sensors to distinguish between signals recorded from single (normal sinus rhythm) or multiple (ventricular fibrillation) sources is presented. An idealistic model is presented and the analysis of data generated by this model suggests that the method is promising as a method for accurately and quickly detecting ventricular fibrillation from signals recorded from sensors placed on the epicardium.

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Stephanie A. Lindsley and Lonnie C. Ludeman "Detection of ventricular fibrillation from multiple sensors", Proc. SPIE 1699, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition, (9 July 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138216

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