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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Signal Processing

    Background:

    • Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are prone to 50 Hz power line interference (PLI) during acquisition.
    • PLI can distort ECG morphology and affect diagnostic accuracy.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and evaluate a novel algorithm for effective PLI removal from ECG signals.
    • To compare the proposed algorithm's performance against existing methods.

    Main Methods:

    • Morphological Component Analysis (MCA) for signal decomposition into morphological components.
    • Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) for filtering intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) of PLI.
    • Reconstruction of the denoised ECG signal.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed MCA-EEMD algorithm effectively filters PLI from ECG signals.
    • The algorithm demonstrated superior performance compared to the improved Levkov algorithm.
    • Lower Signal Distortion Ratio (SDR) values were achieved, indicating better signal preservation.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel MCA-EEMD algorithm offers an effective solution for power line interference removal in ECG signals.
    • This method achieves high noise suppression rates while minimizing signal distortion.
    • The proposed algorithm is a promising tool for improving ECG signal quality in clinical settings.