In this paper a concept of finite impulse response (FIR) narrow band-stop (notch) filter with non-zero initial conditions, based on infinite impulse response (IIR) prototype filter, is proposed. The filter described in this paper is used to suppress power line noise from ECG signals. In order to reduce the transient response of the proposed FIR notch filter, optimal initial conditions for the filter have been determined. The algorithm for finding the length of the initial conditions vector is presented. The proposed values of the length of initial conditions vector, for several ECG signals and interfering frequencies, are calculated. The proposed filters are tested using various ECG signals. Computer simulations demonstrate that the proposed FIR filters outperform traditional FIR filters with initial conditions set to zero.
In this paper a hardware implementation of the finite impulse response narrow band-stop time-varying filter based on the infinite impulse prototype filter is proposed. The notch filter is used for removing power-line interferences from biomedical source, i.e. ECG signal. In order to suppress the transient state of the proposed filter, the pole radius and the pole angle of the prototype filter are temporarily varied in time. The proposed filters are tested using sinusoidal and ECG signals. The algorithm for computing the filter coefficients is presented. Computer simulations, and performance indexes demonstrate that the proposed filter possesses better properties than traditional timeinvariant notch filter. Moreover, the hardware implementation of the presented filter using Raspberry Pi platform has been presented.
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