Optimal level and order detection in wavelet decomposition for PCG signal denoising

Abstract The recorded phonocardiogram (PCG) signal is often contaminated by different types of noises that can be seen in the frequency band of the PCG signal, which may change the characteristics of this signal. Discrete wavelet transform (DWT) has become one of the most important and powerful tools of signal representation, but its effectiveness is influenced by the issue of the selected mother wavelet and decomposition level (DL). The selection of the DL and the mother wavelet are the main challenges. This work proposes a new approach for finding an optimal DL and optimal mother wavelet for PCG signal denoising. Our approach consists of two algorithms designed to tackle the problems of noise and variability caused by PCG acquisition in a real clinical environment for different categories of patients. The results obtained are evaluated by examining the coherence analysie (Coh) correlation coefficient (Corr) and the mean square error (MSE) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in simulated noisy PCG signals. The experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively reduce noise.

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