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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.09.003</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Approaches to Statistical Processing of Rhythmocardiosignal with Increased Resolution</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <string-name>Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University</string-name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <string-name>Department of Computer Science</string-name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <string-name>Ternopil</string-name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <string-name>Ukraine iaroslav.lytvynenko@gmail.com</string-name>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="aff0">
          <label>0</label>
          <institution>I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Department of Medical Physics of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Equipment</institution>
          ,
          <addr-line>Ternopil</addr-line>
          ,
          <country country="UA">Ukraine</country>
        </aff>
        <aff id="aff1">
          <label>1</label>
          <institution>National Aerospace University</institution>
          ,
          <addr-line>Kharkiv</addr-line>
          ,
          <country country="UA">Ukraine</country>
        </aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date>
        <year>2019</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>139</volume>
      <fpage>0000</fpage>
      <lpage>0001</lpage>
      <abstract>
        <p>The paper is devoted to statistical methods estimation of probabilistic characteristics of rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution on the basis of its model in the form of a vector of stationary and stationary related random processes. The hypothesis about the normality of the law of components distribution of the rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution is confirmed. It was made a decomposition of the statistical estimates of autocorrelation and intercorrelation functions allowed to obtain spectral and inter-spectral power density of vector components, that allowed to reduce the space dimension of diagnostic features in heart rate analysis systems based on rhythmocardiosignals with increased resolution. That allowed to substantiate the vector of diagnostic features in the systems of cardiac rhythm analysis based on the rhythmocardiosignals with increased resolution is substantiated.</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>methods of statistical estimation</kwd>
        <kwd>probabilistic characteristics</kwd>
        <kwd>vector of stationary and stationary-related random sequences</kwd>
        <kwd>electrocardiogram</kwd>
        <kwd>rhythmocardiosignal</kwd>
        <kwd>heart rate</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
    </article-meta>
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    <sec id="sec-1">
      <title>-</title>
      <p>Automated heart rhythm analysis systems make it possible to evaluate both the state
of the cardiovascular system and the state of the adaptive capacity of the human body
as a whole. Most modern heart rate analysis systems are based on the use of stochastic
mathematical models of rhythmocardiosignal and methods of its statistical analysis by
rhythmocardiogram, which is an ordered set of durations of R-R intervals in a
registered electrocardiosignal [1-8].</p>
      <p>However, this approach makes it impossible to detect subtle, more detailed features
of the heart rhythm, since RR intervals reflect only the change in the duration of the
cardiac cycles, and not the whole totality of time intervals between single-phase
values of the electrocardiosignal, which makes it impossible to describe the rhythm of
hearts in full.</p>
      <p>In papers [9,10], in order to provide a more informative description of the heart
rhythm, a new approach to its analysis based on rhythmocardiosignal with increased
resolution has been substantiated. The classical rhythmocardiogram is embedded in
the increased-resolution rhythmocardiogram, which is the basis for increasing the
level of informativeness of the heart rate analysis in modern computer systems of
functional diagnostics of the human heart condition based on the rhythmocardiogram
with increased resolution.</p>
      <p>In papers [9, 10], the use of a random variable vector as a mathematical model of
rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution is substantiated. However, this model
is a relatively poor mathematical model of rhythmocardiosignal with increased
resolution, since it does not allow to study its time dynamics. To take into account the time
dynamics of rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution, it is necessary to use a
mathematical apparatus of the theory of random processes, that is, to consider it as a
vector of discrete-time random processes.</p>
      <p>In this paper, we develop methods for the statistical estimation of the probabilistic
characteristics of a rhythmocardiogram with high resolution based on its model in the
form of a vector of stationary and stationary related random sequences.
2</p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-2">
      <title>Methods</title>
      <p>F
(x1,..., x p , m1,..., m p ) = F
(x1,..., x p , m1 + k,..., m p + k ),
pTl1...Tlp
occurs:
One of the simplest stochastic models that take into account the dynamics of
rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution is the vector of
 ____ 
ΞL (, m) = Tl (, m),  Ω, l = 1, L , m  Z  stationary and stationary related
 
random processes. In this vector, the index m indicates the cycle number of the
electrocardiosignal, and the index l - the reference number of the electrocardiogram
within it m -th cycle. The number of samples L per electrocardiosignal cycle determines
the resolution of the rhythmcardiosignal, and specifies the number of phases in the
cycle of the electrocardiosignal that can be separated by methods of segmentation and
detection in solving the problem of automatic formation of the rhythmocardiosignal
from the electrocardiosignal.</p>
      <p>The defining property of a vector ΞL ( , m) of stationary and stationary related
random sequences is the invariance of its family of distribution functions to time
shifts by an arbitrary integer k  Z . Namely, for any distribution function
F (x1,..., x p , m1,..., m p ) order p ( p  N ) from the family of vector distribution
functions ΞL ( , m) of stationary and stationary random sequences such equality
related random sequences.</p>
      <p>An estimate that converge in the root-mean-square sense to the distribution function
F (x1,..., x p , m1,..., m p ) of order p ( p  N ) of vector of ΞL ( , m) stationary
and stationary related random sequences:</p>
      <p>
        F
pTl1 ...Tlp
(x1,..., x p , m1,..., m p ) = lK.i→.m. 2K1+ 1 k=K−K jp=1 H (x j − Tl j ( , m j + k )),
(
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref>
        )
(4)
____
x1,..., x p  R, m1,..., m p  Z, l1,...,l p  1, L , k  Z.
      </p>
      <p> 
1, x  0, is a Heaviside step function, which is an indicator of a
negaFunction H (x) = </p>
      <p>0, x  0.
tive number.</p>
      <p>
        In particular, if in the formula (
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref>
        ) p = 1 , that is l1 = l2 = ... = l p = l , then we will have
one-dimensional F1Tl (x) = F1Tl (x, m) distribution auto-function of stationary random
sequence Tl ( , m) , for which from the formulas (
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref>
        ) it follows a convergence in the
root-mean-square sense:
      </p>
      <p>
        F1T (x) = l.i.m. 1 K H (x − Tl ( , k )), x  R, l  1__,_L_, k  Z. (
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref3">3</xref>
        )
l K → 2K +1 k=−K  
An estimate that converge in the root-mean-square sense to the mixed initial moment
p
function of order s =  s j :
      </p>
      <p>j=1
сsTl1...Tlp (m1,..., mp ) = lK.i→.m. 2K1+1 k=K−KTl1s1 ( , m1 + k )...Tlspp ( , mp + k ),
____
m1,..., m p  Z, l1,...,l p {1, L}, k  Z .</p>
      <p>If s = 2 and p = 2 , then from the formula (4) follows such a convergence in the
root-mean-square sense for the covariance function сsTl1Tl2 (m1, m2 ) two stationary and
stationary connected random sequences Tl1 ( , m) and Tl2 ( , m) , describing the
time distances between single-phase electrocardiosignal samples for l1 -st and l2 -d
its phases, such as:
If in the formula (5) p = 1 , that is l1 = l2 = ... = l p = l , then we have the convergence
of the estimate in the root-mean-square sense to the one-dimensional initial moment
function сs (m) s -th order, which is for a stationary random sequence Tl ( , m) is a</p>
      <p>Tl
constant сsTl = сsTl (m) (the initial moment s -th order), that is:</p>
      <p>сsTl = lK.i→.m. 2K1+1 k=K−KTls ( , k ), l  1__,_L_ . (6)
If in the formula (6) s = 1 , then we will have the convergence of the estimate in the
root-mean-square sense to the initial moment of the first order с1Tl = с1Tl (m)
(mathematical expectation) stationary random sequence Tl ( , m) , that is:</p>
      <p>с1Tl = lK.i→.m. 2K1+1 k=K−KTl ( , k ), l  1__,_L_ . (7)
An estimate that converge in the root-mean-square sense to the mixed initial central
p
function of order s =  s j :</p>
      <p>j=1
rsTl1...Tlp (m1,...,mp ) = lK.i→.m. 2K1+1 k =K−K Tl1 (, m1 + k ) − с1Tl1 s1 ... Tlp (, mp + k )− с1
s
 p ,</p>
      <p>Tlp 
____
m1,..., mp  Z, l1,...,l p {1, L}, k  Z .</p>
      <p>If s = 2 and p = 2 , then from the formula (8) such a convergence follows in the
root-mean-square sense for the correlation function rsTl1Tl2 (m1, m2 ) two stationary and
stationary connected random sequences Tl1 ( , m) and Tl2 ( , m) , describing the
time intervals between single-phase electrocardiogram samples for l1 -th and l2 -d its
phases, that is:
2Tl1Tl2</p>
      <p>1 K
(m1, m2 ) = lK.i→.m. 2K +1 k =−KTl1 ( , m1 + k )Tl2 ( , m2 + k ),</p>
      <p>____
m1, m2  Z, l1,l2 {1, L}, k  Z .
(5)
(8)
(9)
r
2Tl1Tl2
(m1, m2 ) = lK.i→.m. 2K1+1 k=K−K Tl1 ( , m1 + k )− с1Tl1   Tl2 ( , m2 + k )− с1Tl2 ,
____
m1, m2  Z, l1,l2 {1, L}, k  Z .</p>
      <p>If in the formula (9) s = 2 and p = 1 , that is l1 = l2 = ... = l p = l , then we will have a
convergence of the estimate in the root-mean-square sense to the variance r2Tl
stationary random sequence Tl ( , m) , that is:</p>
      <p>r2Tl = lK.i→.m. 2K1+1 k =K−K(Tl ( , k ) − с1Tl )2 , l  1__,_L_ . (10)
The above formulas reflect the convergence in the root-mean-square sense of the
statistical estimates to the corresponding probabilistic characteristics of
rythmocardisignal with increased resolution, and, therefore, the statistical estimates are
consistent.</p>
      <p>Since in real computer systems of cardiac rhythm analysis the finite number of cycles
of electrocardiosignal is always recorded, this fact should be taken into account also
in the statistical estimation of probabilistic characteristics of the rhythmocardiosignal
with increased resolution. Namely, the statistical evaluation of the probabilistic
characteristics of the rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution is to obtain the
realizations of statistical estimates that can be taken as pproximation to the
corresponding probabilistic characteristics of the analyzed rhythmocardiosignal.</p>
      <p>We write down the expressions to calculate the realizations of the corresponding
statistical estimates of the probabilistic characteristics of the vector of
 ____ 
ΞL ( , m) = Tl ( , m),   Ω, l = 1, L , m  Z  stationary and stationary related
ran 
dom sequences when some long realization is given
 ____ _____ 
ΞL (m) = Tl (m), l = 1, L , m = 1, M  , where M - the number of registered complete

cycles from which the rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution is formed.
An expression for calculating the realization of a statistical estimate of a distribution
function F (x1,..., x p , m1,..., m p ) of order p ( p  N ) of vector ΞL ( , m)
stadepending on the number of averages in the realization of statistics to provide the
required level of accuracy and assurance of statistical estimation.</p>
      <p>In particular, if in the formula (11) p = 1 , that is l1 = l2 = ... = l p = l , then we will
have an expression to calculate the realization of the statistical estimate Fˆ1Tl (x)
onedimensional auto-distribution function F1Tl (x) stationary random sequence Tl ( , m) ,
that is:</p>
      <p>Fˆ1Tl (x) =</p>
      <p>1 M −M1H (x − Tl (k )), x  R, l  1__,_L_.</p>
      <p>M − M1 +1 k =0  
(12)
An expression to calculate the realization of a statistical estimate of a mixed initial
p
moment function of order s =  s j is given:</p>
      <p>j=1
сˆsTl1...Tlp
(m1,..., m p ) =</p>
      <p>1 M −MT1 s1 (m1 + k )...Tlspp (m p + k ),
M − M1 +1 k =0 l1</p>
      <p>____
m1,..., m p {1, M1}, l1,...,l p {1, L} .
(13)
If s = 2 and p = 2 , then from formula (13) follows the expression to calculate the
realization of the statistical estimate сˆsTl1Tl2 (m1, m2 ) of the covariance function
с (m1, m2 ) two stationary and stationary-related random sequences Tl1 ( , m) and
sTl1Tl2
Tl ( , m) , that describe the time distances between single-phase samples of
electro2
cardiosignal for l1 -st and l2 -d its phases, in particular:
сˆ2Tl1Tl2 (m1, m2 ) = M − M11 +1 Mk−=M0T1l1 (m1 + k )Tl2 (m2 + k ),
m1, m2  1_,_M___1 , l1, l2  1__,_L_ . (14)</p>
      <p>   
If in the formula (13) p = 1 , that is l1 = l2 = ... = l p = l , then we get an expression to
сsTl
calculate the realization of the statistical estimate сˆsTl
of stationary random sequence Tl ( , m) , in particular:
the initial moment s -th order
сˆsTl = M − M11 +1 Mk−=M0T1ls (k ), l  1__,_L_ . (15)
If in the formula (15) s = 1 , then we get an expression to calculate the realization of
the statistical estimate сˆ1Tl of the initial moment of the first order с1Tl (mathematical
expectation) stationary random sequence Tl ( , m) , that is:</p>
      <p>сˆ1Tl = M − M11 +1 Mk−=M0T1l (k ), l  1__,_L_ . (16)
An expression to calculate the realization of a statistical estimate of a mixed initial
p
central function of order s =  s j is given:</p>
      <p>j=1
rˆsTl1...Tlp (m1,...,mp ) = M − M11 + 1 M −kM=01 +1Tl1 (m1 + k ) − сˆ1Tl1 s1  ... Tl p (mp + k )− сˆ1Tlp s p ,
_____ ____
m1,..., m p {1, M1}, l1,...,l p {1, L} .
(17)
If s = 2 and p = 2 , then from the formula (17) follows the expression to calculate
the realization of the statistical estimation of the correlation function rsTl1Tl2 (m1, m2 ) of
rˆ2Tl1Tl2
(u) = rˆ2</p>
      <p>M − M11 +1 Mk−=M01 Tl1 (k ) − сˆ1Tl1   Tl2 (k + u) − сˆ1Tl2 ,</p>
      <p>__________ _____ ___
u = 0, M1 −1, m1, m2 {1, M1}, l1, l2 {1, L} .
late the realization of the variance estimate r2Tl
If in the formula (19) u = 0 , а l1 = l2 = l , then we will have an expression to
calcustationary random sequence
Tl ( , m) , that is:
rˆ2Tl =</p>
      <p>M1−1 kM=1 (Tl ( , k )− с1Tl )2 , l  1__,_L_ .</p>
      <p>_____ ____
m1, m2 {1, M1}, l1,l2 {1, L} .</p>
      <p>Since for stationary and stationary random sequences, correlation functions are
functions of only one integer argument u , which is equal to u = m1 − m2 , then their
statistical estimates also depend on only one argument u . In this case, assuming the
ergodicity of the stationary components of the vector ΞL ( , m) , then the formula (18)
will look like this:
two stationary and stationary related random sequences Tl1 ( , m) and Tl2 ( , m) ,
that describe the time distances between single-phase samples of electrocardiosignal
for l1 -st and l2 -d its phases, that is:
rˆ2Tl1Tl2
(m1, m2 ) =</p>
      <p>M − M11 +1 Mk−=M01 Tl1 (m1 + k ) − сˆ1Tl1   Tl2 (m2 + k ) − сˆ1Tl2 ,
3</p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-3">
      <title>Normality hypothesis test of the vector components</title>
      <p>The most comprehensive information on the probabilistic characteristics of a
increased-resolution rhythmocardiogram is contained in the distribution function family
F (x1,..., x p , m1,..., m p ), p  N, l1,...,l p  1__,_L_ of vector ΞL ( , m) stationary
 pTl1...Tlp  
and stationary-related random sequences, and all the other probabilistic characteristics
(mixed, central, initial moment functions of different orders) are derived from this
family. However, due to the high computational complexity of the methods of
statistical estimation of multidimensional vector distribution functions ΞL ( , m) , it is
necessary to study increased-resolution rhymocardialsignals to substantiate their types of
distribution, in particular, to test the statistical hypothesis for the normality (Gaussian)
of the stationary components of a vector, which, if confirmed, will allow us to apply
the model of the studied rhythmocardiogram within the framework of
spectralcorrelation theory, in particular instead of a tedious, computationally complex
estimation of distribution functions, to apply simpler computational procedures for
estimating spectral-correlation characteristics of rhythmocardiosignals with increased
resolution.
(18)
(19)
(20)
Let's test the hypothesis for normality of the distribution law of components of a
vector ΞL ( , m) . To do this, we apply the Pearson's agreement criterion (  2 -test), that
allow to establish consistency (or inconsistency) of empirical and theoretical
distributions of vector components ΞL ( , m) . Empirical distribution of vector components
 ____ ______ 
ΞL ( , m) = Tl ( , m),    Ω, l = 1, L , m = 1, M  , estimated by making a histogram.</p>
      <p> 
That is, the interval at which all the values of the realization fall into Tl ( m) l -th
___
component Tl (  , m) divided into I subintervals {(Sil , Sil+1), i = 1, I} with durations
{li = Sil+1 − Sil , i = 1_,_I_} and for each interval Sil the number is calculated hil
(empirical frequency), which is equal to the ratio of the number of realization values
Tl ( m) l -th component Tl (  , m) , falling into the interval li , to their total
number M , that is:</p>
      <p>nil , i = _1_,_I_, l = 1_,_L_ .</p>
      <p>hil = li  M
____
The set of pairs {(li , hil ),i = 1, I } for realization Tl ( m) l -th component Tl (  , m)
can be presented either as a table or graphically as a histogram, for example in Figure
2 shows the results of such calculations for the components of the vector.
In the test  2 - square as a measure of the empirical frequency deviation hil from the
corresponding theoretical probability pil the value is used
2
 hil − pil 
 2 = I  M  .</p>
      <p>i=1
pil
(21)
(22)
Value  2 in expression (22) is a random variable, the distribution of which at
M →  , tend to  2 - distribution Pq ( x) , which depends on the parameter q , which
is called the number of freedom degrees equal to:</p>
      <p>q = I − s −1, (23)
where s - the number of theoretical distribution parameters, against which the
hypothesis about the consistency of empirical and theoretical distributions is tested. In
the case of the normal distribution of the stationary components of the vector
ΞL ( , m) s = 2 .</p>
      <p>Application of  2 - test implies that some level of significance is given previously
 (for example,  = 0.01;  = 0.05 ), which makes it possible to calculate the
quantile  q2 of distribution  2 for a given  and q . If the value  2 , calculated by the
formula (22), more than  q2 , then it is considered, that a theoretical distribution (for
example, normal) is in poor agreement with the results of observations at a given level
of significance  . Conversely, if the value is calculated  2 less than  q2 , then it is
considered, that the theoretical and empirical distributions is in good agreement.
4</p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-4">
      <title>The results of statistical analysis</title>
      <p>In order to obtain the probable result of verification for the normality of the law of
distribution of the rhythmocardialsignal with the increased resolution, the realization
of the electrocardiosignal in the second lead, which contained 245 cardiac cycles and
was generated by the work of the heart of the patient with a conditional norm, was
processed. From the registered electrocardiogram according to the method of
automatic formation of rhythmocardiogram with high accuracy, the realization received
____ ______
Ξ3 ( m) = {Tl ( m), l = 1,3 , m = 1,245} of tricomponent vector
of stationary
and</p>
      <p>stationary____ ______
Ξ3 ( , m) = {Tl ( , m),   Ω, l = 1,3 , m = 1,245}
related random sequences.</p>
      <p>The first component T1 ( , m) of this vector is a random stationary sequence,
which describes the duration P - intervals in the electrocardiosignal for all of its 245
recorded cycles.</p>
      <p>T1 (m)
The plot of realization</p>
      <p>of this component is shown in Figure 1,а. Second</p>
      <p>The plot of realization
component T2 ( , m) of this vector is a random stationary sequence, which describes
the duration R - intervals in the electrocardiosignal.</p>
      <p>T2 (m)</p>
      <p>of the second component is shown in the figure 1,b.</p>
      <p>The third component T3 ( , m) of this vector is a random stationary sequence, which
describes the duration T - intervals in the electrocardiosignal. Plot of realization
T3 (m)</p>
      <p>the third component is shown in the figure 1,c.
19 T1 (m)
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
the duration P - intervals in the electrocardiosignal; b) T2 (m) the second
component T2 ( , m) , which describes the duration R - intervals in the electrocardiosignal;
c) T3 (m) third component T3 ( , m) , which describes the duration T - intervals in
the electrocardiosignal</p>
      <p>a) b) c)
Fig. 2. Histogram for: a) the first component T1 ( , m) , which describes the duration
P - intervals in the electrocardiosignal; b) the second component T2 ( , m) , which
describes the duration R - intervals in the electrocardiosignal; c) third components
T3 ( , m) , which describes the duration T - intervals in the electrocardiosignal
The number of freedom degrees was chosen equal q = 7 , level of signification
 = 0.05 , і, respectively quantile  2
- distribution with q freedom degrees
 02.95,7 = 14.07 . Figures 2, a-c show histograms for realizations T1 (m) , T2 (m) and
T3 (m) the corresponding three stationary components of the vector Ξ3 ( , m) .
Table 1 shows the results of application  2 - test for checking the normality of the
law of distribution of three stationary components of a vector Ξ3 ( , m) , that set the
rhythmcardiosignal with increased resolution.</p>
      <p>Stationary
component
number
1
2
3
Thus, based on the results of normality hypothesis testing of the distribution of the
stationary components of a random vector ΞL ( , m) by Pearson's criterion, it is
found that these results do not contradict the hypothesis for normality of its
distribution. Normality of the vector ΞL ( , m) is the basis for the substantiation of
diagnostic features in systems of cardiac rhythm analysis according to rhythmocardiogram
with increased resolution within the spectral-correlation theory, which significantly
reduces the computational complexity of such analysis. In this case, to evaluate the
probabilistic structure of the vector ΞL ( , m) of stationary and stationary-related
random sequences, it is sufficient to statistically evaluate only the vector
____
С1L = {с1Tl , l = 1, L} his mathematical expectations according to formula (16) and the
matrix of correlation functions RT = [r2</p>
      <p>Tl1Tl2</p>
      <p>___
(u), l1, l2 = 1, L] according to formula (19).</p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-5">
      <title>5 Choice substantiation of diagnostic features in cardiac rhythm analysis systems by rhythmocardiosignals with increased resolution</title>
      <p>An important step in the development of information systems of cardiac rhythm
analysis is a substantiated choice of diagnostic features set, which will be used for
automated procedure for diagnostic decision making. There are mainly two requirements
for this set of diagnostic features. The first requirement is the informativeness
requirement of many diagnostic features, and the second - the requirement of
minimality of their number.</p>
      <p>The first requirement regarding the informative nature of the diagnostic features is the
ability to distinguish between different state of the system under study on these
features. Such informativeness of diagnostic features is determined by two of their
characteristics, that is, sensitivity of diagnostic features to change of a state of regulatory
mechanisms of cardiovascular system and organism as a whole, and also insensitivity
to various non-informative noise factors (interferences) which are always present in a
rhythmocardiosignal. One of the possible quantitative informativeness indicators of
diagnostic features is the ratio of the average distance between the diagnostic classes
(training sets) and the average diameter of the corresponding classes that corresponds
to different states of the cardiovascular system in the metric space of diagnostic
features. If this ratio is significant, then the components of the diagnostic feature vector
are considered informative.</p>
      <p>The minimum number requirement of diagnostic features provides the minimum
dimension of diagnostic features space, which, as a consequence, provides the
minimum computational complexity of algorithms for diagnostic decision making.
Let’s substantiate the diagnostic features set to evaluate the state of regulatory
mechanisms of the cardiovascular system and the organism as a whole, that is, such sets of
diagnostic features, which, on the one hand, are informative, and on the other - have a
minimum number. First, let's focus on the procedure for providing the minimum
number of diagnostic features by rhythmocardiosignals with increased-resolution.
Since the hypothesis for normality of distribution of the rhythmocardiosignal with
increased resolution was previously confirmed, as described above, the initial set of
____
diagnostic features is a numeric vector Сˆ 1L = {сˆ1T , l = 1, L} point estimates of
mathel
matical expectations calculated according to expression (16) and an estimates matrix
___
of correlation functions Rˆ T = [rˆ2 (u), l1, l2 = 1, L] , which were calculated according</p>
      <p>Tl1Tl2
to the formula (19). One of the obvious ways to reduce the number of diagnostic
feaRˆ T = [rˆ2Tl1Tl2 (u), l1, l2 = 1_,_L_ ] , indicating that it is sufficient to evaluate only those
elements of the matrix Rˆ T , what lie on its diagonal and above the diagonal, that is, such
___ ____
an ordered set Rˆ T = [rˆ2Tl1Tl2 (u), l1 = 1, L, l2 = l1, L] . On the diagonal of this matrix, when
l1 = l2 , autocorrelation functions estimates are placed, and the elements of the matrix
Rˆ T , which are placed above its diagonal, that is, when l1  l2 , are estimates of
crosscorrelation functions.</p>
      <p>Therefore, the matrix Rˆ T = [rˆ2</p>
      <p>Tl1Tl2</p>
      <p>___
(u), l1, l2 = 1, L] without losing the informativeness,
___ ____
we can replace with the triangular matrix Rˆ T = [rˆ2Tl1Tl2 (u), l1 = 1, L, l2 = l1, L] .
Another way to reduce the number of diagnostic features in cardiac rhythm analysis
information systems on the basis of rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution is
to use spectral decompositions of the triangular matrix elements themselves
___ ____
Rˆ T = [rˆ2 (u), l1 = 1, L, l2 = l1, L] , in particular, by using a discrete Fourier transform</p>
      <p>Tl1Tl2
of autocorrelation estimates and cross-correlation functions from this matrix. That is,
___ ____
instead of a triangular matrix Rˆ T = [rˆ2 (u), l1 = 1, L, l2 = l1, L] correlation functions</p>
      <p>Tl1Tl2
can be used by a triangular matrix Sˆ T = [Sˆ2
Tl1Tl2
which are Fourier-images of the corresponding estimates of the correlation functions
from the matrix Rˆ T . That is, Fourier-images from the matrix Sˆ T are calculated as
___ ____
( ), l1 = 1, L, l2 = l1, L] , elements of
follows:
the full energy of evaluation rˆ2Tl1Tl2
Here is an of the</p>
      <p>− j2u</p>
      <p>M1 −1 __________ ___ ____</p>
      <p>Sˆ2Tl1Tl2 ( ) = u=0 rˆ2Tl1Tl2 (u) e M1 , = 0, M1 − 1, l1 = 1, L, l2 = l1, L, j = − 1 . (24)
Based on the Bessel inequality, as diagnostic features we will not choose the whole
set Sˆ2Tl1Tl2 ( ), = _0_,_M___1_−__1_ samples of functions Sˆ2Tl1Tl2 ( ) , but only a subset of
their first M 2 ( M 2  M 1 ) samples Sˆ2Tl1Tl2 ( ), = 0__,_M___2__−_1_ , which contribute to
(u ) correlation function is not less than 95%.</p>
      <p>example statistical evaluation of vector elements
____
С1L = {с1 , l = 1, L} mathematical expectations, elements of the matrix of correlation
Tl</p>
      <p>
functions RT = r2
 Tl1Tl2</p>
      <p>___ 
(u), l1,l2 = 1, L and matrix elements of the Fourier-images</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>(u ) ( l1 = l2 = 1 ), the first component T1( , m) , which describes the duration P
2T1T1
intervals in the electrocardiosignal; b) r2T2T2 (u ) statistical estimation of
autocorrela(u ) ( l1 = l2 = 2 ) the second component T2 ( , m) , which describes
tion function r2T3T3
the duration R - intervals in the electrocardiosignal; c) rˆ2T3T3 (u ) statistical estimation
of autocorrelation function r2T3T3
describes the duration T - intervals in the electrocardiosignal</p>
      <p>(u ) ( l1 = l2 = 3 ) third component T3 ( , m) , which
Stationary component
number
1
(u ) statistical estimation of the cross-correlation function</p>
      <p>T3 ( , m) vector components
Ξ3 ( , m) ; c) rˆ2T1T3 (u ) statistical estimation of the cross-correlation function r2T1T3
(u )
( l1 = 1, l2 = 3 ) first T1( , m) and third T3 ( , m) vector components Ξ3 ( , m)
Figure 5 shows graphs of realization of statistical estimates of the cross-correlation
functions of the vector components Ξ3 ( , m) Figure 6 shows realization plot
ˆ
S
( )
statistical
estimation
of
cross-spectral
power
density
2T1T2 2T1T2
( l1 = 1, l2 = 2 ) first T1( , m) and second T2 ( , m) vector components Ξ3 ( , m) .
S
( )
2T1T2</p>
      <p>a) b) c)
Fig. 5. Plot of realization: a) Sˆ2T1T2 ( ) statistical estimation of power spectral density
S ( ) ( l1 = l2 = 1) the first component T1( , m) , which describes the duration P
tral density S2T2T2
intervals in the electrocardiosignal; b) Sˆ2T2T2 ( ) statistical estimation of power
spec( ) ( l1 = l2 = 2 ) the second component T2 ( , m) , which describes
of power spectral density S2T3T3
describes the duration T - intervals in the electrocardiosignal
the duration R - intervals in the electrocardiosignal; c) Sˆ2T3T3 ( ) statistical estimation
( ) ( l1 = l2 = 3 ) third component T3 ( , m) , which
density S</p>
      <p>2T1T2
nents Ξ3 ( , m) ; b) Sˆ</p>
      <p>2T1T3
a)
b)</p>
      <p>c)
2T1T2
Fig. 6. Plot of realization: a) Sˆ</p>
      <p>( ) statistical estimation of cross-spectral power
( ) ( l1 = 1, l2 = 2 ) first T1 ( , m) and second T2 ( , m) vector
compo( ) statistical estimation of cross-spectral power density
S
2T1T3</p>
      <p>( ) ( l1 = 1, l2 = 3 ) first T1 ( , m) and third T3 ( , m) vector components
Ξ3 ( , m) ; c) Sˆ
2T2T3
( ) statistical estimation of cross-spectral power density S
2T2T3
( )
( l1 = 2, l2 = 3 ) second T2 ( , m) and third T3 ( , m) vector components Ξ3 ( , m) .</p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-6">
      <title>6 Conclusions</title>
      <p>The methods of statistical estimation of probabilistic characteristics of
rhythmocardiosignal with increased resolution on the basis of model in the form of a vector of
stationary and stationary related random sequences are developed in the paper.
Conducted statistical experiments confirmed the hypothesis for the normality of the law of
distribution of components of the vector rhythmocardiosignal. The conducted
decomposition of statistical estimates of autocorrelation and сross-correlation functions
made it possible to obtain spectral and сross-spectral power densities of the vector
components, which allowed to reduce the dimension space of diagnostic features in
systems of analysis of cardiac rhythm according to the rhythmocardiosignals with
increased resolution.</p>
      <p>The developed statistical methods can be used in developing of specialized software in
automated cardio-diagnostic complexes, in particular, rhythm analysis subsystems.</p>
    </sec>
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