A Review on FPGA-Based Digital Filters for De-Noising ECG Signal

Abstract

This chapter gives an overview of synthesis and analysis of digital filters on FPGA for denoising ECG signal, which provides clinical information related to heart diseases. Various types of IIR and FIR filtration techniques used for noise removal are also discussed. Many developments in the medical system technology gave birth to monitoring systems based on programmable logic devices (PLDs). Although not new to the realm of programmable devices, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are becoming increasingly popular for rapid prototyping of designs with the aid of software simulation and synthesis. They are reprogrammable silicon chips, configured to implement customized hardware and are highly desirable for implementation of digital filters. The extensive literature review of various types of noise in ECG signals, filtering techniques for noise removal, and FPGA implementation are presented in this chapter.