An Improved FastICA Method for Fetal ECG Extraction

Table 1

Number of iterations and running time of the improved and conventional FastICA algorithms.

No.	Improved FastICA		Conventional FastICA
	Number of iterations	Running time (s)	Number of iterations	Running time (s)
1	16	1.03	34	1.73
2	14	1.06	36	1.20
3	12	1.03	28	1.21
4	12	1.03	32	1.18
5	14	1.02	36	1.23
6	12	1.02	34	1.18
7	14	1.06	34	1.19
8	13	1.05	38	1.20
9	12	1.06	42	1.17
10	12	1.01	36	1.18
Average	13	1.04	35	1.25