Research Article

Combined Nonlinear Analysis of Atrial and Ventricular Series for Automated Screening of Atrial Fibrillation

Table 1

Classification outcomes obtained by the combined quadratic sample entropy in TQ intervals (TQEn) and the coefficient of sample entropy (COSEn) when applied to the AFDB for different values of and .

ParameterSe Sp Acc Th Delay

TQEn (L = 5 & N = 15)94.03%92.39%93.12%−1.408.89 beats
TQEn (L = 5 & N = 30)94.19%95.01%94.64%−1.3116.47 beats
TQEn (L = 15 & N = 15)93.02%95.64%94.47%−1.6813.91 beats
TQEn (L = 15 & N = 30)93.89%96.18%95.15%−1.6621.75 beats

COSEn (N = 5)85.43%83.68%84.46%−1.672.75 beats
COSEn (N = 12)94.57%93.11%93.76%−1.477.24 beats
COSEn (N = 15)95.32%94.14%94.64% −1.448.12 beats
COSEn (N = 30)95.94%96.32%96.15%−1.3716.87 betas