Measurement of QT variability by two-dimensional warping

Abstract

This contribution presents a novel warping method, two-dimensional signal warping (2DSW), for tracking beat-to-beat changes in time intervals from electrocardiograms. To evaluate the efficiency of 2DSW to capture subtle changes in the QT interval we apply 2DSW to the Physionet QT database. It is shown that 2DSW allows highly accurate tracking of QRS-onset and T-end, which renders the method useful for future clinical applications, in particular beat-to-beat variability analysis of ECG features.