Signals and Systems (Digital Signal Processing)

Discrete Fourier Transform (Second Work)

Autonomous work: Week of May 25 – June 1, 2022

Filtering ECG Noises and Artifacts in the frequency domain using the
Discrete (Fast) Fourier Transform
OBJECTIVE
Remove noise and artifacts from the ECG signal in the frequency domain using the
discrete (fast) Fourier transform.

CONTEXT
In class we filter a ECG signal. The bandwidth of a standard electrocardiography (ECG)
signal is 0.05-50hz, assuming its stationarity in a time interval, the typical frequency
spectrum of a noise-free signal, looks like as follows:

Figure 1. Graphs in time (above) and frequency Domain (below) of a ECG.

METHODOLOGY
1. The signal found in the supplied HearthSound.mat file, Figure 2, corresponds to
the sound of a patient's heart. This signal has been digitized at a rate of a
1378.125 Hz as a frequency of an audio signal. The signal has been
contaminated with noise and needs to be removed in order to allow a proper
diagnosis by a health professional. Use the DFT (FFT) to filter the signal [1].
 Figure 2. ECG Sound signal in the time domain contaminated by noise.

2. The supplied ECG60 signal corresponds to an electrocardiographic

recording contaminated with the 60hz electrical network component
(Figure 3), theoretically analyze its strategy and eliminate only the specific
component in the frequency domain, but in the Frequency Domain only.
Fm=360hz

Figure 3. ECG signal in time and frequency domain contaminated with 60hz AC
network component.
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Course: Signals And System (Digital Signal Processing)
UIDE Teacher: Viviana Isabel Moya González
UEB Teacher: Óscar Mauricio Arias Ballén
LAB: Filtering ECG Noises and Artifacts in the frequency domain using the Discrete (Fast)
Fourier Transform

Criteria WEIGHTING Grade

Algorithm used for filtering the Hearth Sound signal 2.5/5

Algorithm used for filtering the ECG60 signal 2.5/5

NOTES (TEACHER):

REFERENCES

[1]. Diego H. Milone, Hugo L. Rufiner “Introducción a las Señales y los Sistemas
Discretos”, Editores, Diego H. Milone, Hugo L. Rufiner. 2005.