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Review

Waveform Analysis to Estimate Respiratory Rate

Peter H. Charlton  1 , Mauricio Villarroel  1 , Francisco Salguiero  1
In: Secondary Analysis of Electronic Health Records [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2016. Chapter 26.
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Waveform Analysis to Estimate Respiratory Rate

Peter H. Charlton et al.
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Several techniques have been developed for estimation of respiratory rate (RR) from physiological waveforms. This case study presents a comparison of exemplary techniques for estimation of RR from the electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmogram (PPG) waveforms.

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