Research Article

Detection of Structural Changes in Tachogram Series for the Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation Events

Table 5

Delays of the method’s output.
(a) Delays detecting the start of AF

Pat. num. (min.) (min.) (min.)

1 4.3 4.9 5.4
2 4.5 6.1 7.3
3 −2.4 0.2 −4.6
4 3.9 5.9 8.4
5 −1.4 2.7 5.6
6 −2.2 1 2.8
7 16.6 16.8 29.1
8 4.8 6.1 7.5

(b) Delays detecting the end of AF

Pat. num. (min.) (min.) (min.)

1 3.2 4.6 6
2 5.6 8.5 12
3 6.8 7.2 8.9
4 7.3 9.8 10.1
5 5.1 5 3.3
6 −3.3 −6.9 −6.3
7 3.2 5.3 7
8 3.3 5.3 7.2