Rhythm Analysis during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Past, Present, and Future

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="386010.fig.005a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/bmri/volume-2014/386010/figures/386010.fig.005a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Two ECG segments independently recorded in humans during OHCA. The top panel shows the rhythm, a VF, and the bottom panel shows the CPR artifact recorded during asystole</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="386010.fig.005b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/bmri/volume-2014/386010/figures/386010.fig.005b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Linear mixtures of the original signals for three different corruption levels: low corruption (SNR = 6 dB) in the top panel, equal rhythm and artifact power (SNR = 0 dB) in the mid panel, and strong corruption (SNR = −6 dB) in the bottom panel</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>The mixture model: combination of a human VF and a human CPR artifact recorded from a patient in asystole at different SNR.</table>

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Figure 5: Rhythm Analysis during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Past, Present, and Future 