QRS detection-free electrocardiogram biometrics in the reconstructed phase space

Authors:
Shih-Chin Fang;Hsiao-Lung Chan
Affiliations:
Department of Neurology, Cardinal Tien Hospital Yung Ho Branch, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Electrical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Venue:
Pattern Recognition Letters
Year:
2013

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Abstract

Most electrocardiogram (ECG) biometrics are based on detection of the QRS wave and comparison of structural features. ECG parameters are extracted from the waveform, but the process is arduous for noisy signals. Comparison based on phase space trajectory from a cardiac cycle as well as waveform comparison avoids the detection of ECG characteristic points, but has an alignment-free advantage. In this paper, we develop a QRS detection-free ECG biometric based on the phase space trajectory of the ECG signal. The multi-loop trajectory from a 5-s ECG epoch is condensed to a single-loop coarse-grained structure. The normalized spatial correlation (nSC), the mutual nearest point match (MNPM), and the mutual nearest point distance (MNPD) are considered as means of quantifying the similarity or dissimilarity between coarse-grained structures. We test our method on a population of 100 subjects. The accuracies of personal identification achieved for a single-lead ECG are 96%, 95%, and 96% for the MNPD, nSC, and MNPM methods respectively. When we analyze the phase space trajectory of a three-lead ECG, the accuracies increase to 99%, 98%, and 98% respectively. The coarse-grained phase space trajectory of an ECG signal is unambiguous and easy to compute, rendering ECGs a practical alternative to other biometrics.