function out = complexL(in) % transforms ecg into a complex lead using equation: % Y[i] = 1/L * sum(abs(Xj[i+1]-Xj[i-1])) % (c) Jakub Kuzilek, Lenka Lhotska % http://bio.felk.cvut.cz/~kuziljak/ E-mail: jakub.kuzilek@gmail.com % Version: 1.0 Last update: 07/01/2013. % (Version: 1.0, 07/01/2013) % %====================================================== % % PURPOSE: This function preprocess ECG signal in order to obtain % complex lead data. % % MANDATORY INPUT ARGUMENTS % in ..... input data MxN, M - length of data, N - number of leads % OPTIONAL INPUT ARGUMENTS % none % OUTPUT ARGUMENTS % out .... complex lead signal, two zeros on start compensates time delay %========================================================= % % Related Bibliography: % % [1] Kuzilek J, Lhotska L. Electrocardiogram beat detection % enhancement using independent component analysis. Medical % Engineering and Physics. 2012. % %========================================================= out = [0; 0; sum(abs((in(3:end,:)-in(1:end-2,:))'),1)'/size(in,2)]; % sum + /n is better than mean, don't know why