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5.2.5 Best Wavelet Selection for HRV Time-frequency Representation<br />

Wavelet representations show more details than the classical time frequency<br />

representation such as the Cohen's class distributions. Among the different wavelets used<br />

in the analysis, the Monet wavelet seems to be the right choice <strong>of</strong> wavelet for analyzing<br />

the actual physiological signals <strong>of</strong> BP, respiration and heart rate variability signal<br />

(derived from the ECG) when visual inspection was performed. Here the author proposes<br />

using the cross-correlation to help make this decision.<br />

The technique <strong>of</strong> cross-correlation was used to compare the power spectrum<br />

derived wavelet coefficients (power) versus frequency obtained from the 3D scalogram<br />

representations <strong>of</strong> the HRV 11131 signals <strong>of</strong> COPD subjects to the power spectrum <strong>of</strong> the<br />

same signal using Fourier analysis. The Fourier analysis power spectrum was used<br />

because Fourier analysis provided the perfect representation <strong>of</strong> the signal power in the<br />

frequency domain. Any wavelet representation considered as best representation must<br />

have the highest cross-correlation index value when comparing the wavelet power<br />

spectrum with the Fourier power spectrum. The cross-correlation between two signals<br />

measures the way the signals change with respect to one another. In other words, if f(x)<br />

always increases and decreases as g(x) increases and decreases, then f(x) and g(x) are<br />

positively correlated. The correlation <strong>of</strong> two continuous functions f(x) and g(x), denoted<br />

as f (x) • g(x), is defined by the following equation [25]:<br />

where * is the complex conjugate. For this study, the power spectrum signals were not<br />

complex. Therefore, to calculate the cross-correlation, the function g(x) is shifted, by

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