Abstract
This paper proposed a new entropy measure, Fuzzy Measure Entropy (FuzzyMEn), for the analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) signals. FuzzyMEn was calculated based on the fuzzy set theory and improved the poor statistical stability in the approximate entropy (ApEn) and sample entropy (SampEn). The simulation results also demonstrated that the FuzzyMEn had better algorithm discrimination ability when compared with the recently published fuzzy entropy (FuzzyEn), The validity of FuzzyMEn was tested for clinical HRV analysis on 120 subjects (60 heart failure and 60 healthy control subjects). It is concluded that FuzzyMEn could be considered as a valid and reliable method for a clinical HRV application.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 100-108 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Computers in Biology and Medicine |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 27 Dec 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Fuzzy measure entropy
- Heart rate variability
- Entropy measure
- Electrocardiogram
- RR sequence
- Fuzzy entropy