Independent component analysis (ICA) aims at decomposing an observed random vector into statistically independent variables. Fast independent component analysis (FastICA) algorithm and its variants are catching more attention because of their simplicity and convergence speed. In this paper, a novel method referred to robust independent component analysis (RobustICA), based on normalized kurtosis and optimal step-size, is analyzed in detail. When applied to fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) extraction and compared with FastICA, it gave decent results and showed prosperous future usages.
Algorithms ; Electrocardiography ; Female ; Fetal Heart ; physiology ; Fetal Monitoring ; Fetus ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Principal Component Analysis ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted

Objective To analyze the power interference during ECG machine testing and to propose countermeasures.Methods Some measures in power supply stability, shielding, grounding and wire winding were carried out to reduce the influences of 50 Hz interference on ECG machine testing.Results The influences of the power interference were reduced greatly on ECG machine.Concluslon The performances of ECG machine can be ensured by restraining the power interference.