Assignment_1
Biomedical Signal Processing
1. Find noise bandwidth of R-L high pass filter. 5
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2. If 𝑈 = [ ] , then find the DCT transformed signal. Prove that the energy is conserved in the
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transformed signal. 5
3. A source generates five symbols a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 with occurrence 2005, 886, 1017, 1345, and 2324
respectively. Assign Huffman codes to the symbols, following a convention that the group with higher
probability is assigned a 0 and that with lower probability is assigned as 1. 5
4. Given the following dataset : {a,a,a,a,b,b,b,b,b,c,c,c,d,d,e}, derive the code word for the data using
Huffman Coding. 5
5. Explain the Turning point algorithm with a suitable example. 5
6. Explain the data reconstruction process of the AZTEC algorithm with a suitable example. State one
method that can be used for post-processing of AZTEC reconstructed signal. 5+2= 7
7. What are the different steps of cardio-logical signal processing? Explain with a proper block diagram. 8
8. What are the objectives of ECG signal processing? What are the noise sources that corrupt the raw
ECG signals? 5
9. Design a linear filter to remove baseline wander that corrupts a raw ECG signal. 5
10. Explain the line detection process of AZTEC algorithm with flowchart. 5
11. Explain the QRS detection algorithm with a proper block diagram and mathematical expression. 10
12. Design a linear filter to remove baseline wander that corrupts a raw ECG signal. 5
13. What is power line interference noise? Explain one method to remove it. 1+4=5
14. What is the principle of Signal averaging? Draw the block diagram of a typical signal average.
What should be the characteristics of signal and noise for signal averaging? 3+2+3=8
15. What are the different applications of signal averaging? 4
16. What is an adaptive filter? What is the principle of adaptive noise cancelling? 1+4=5
17. What are the different sources of noise present in EEG? Explain any one technique used in EEG
signal processing. 2+3=5
18. Explain a typical signal averager used for EEG-evoked response processing with a proper block
diagram. 5
19. Derive the expressions for minimum mean square error in terms of autocorrelation function based on
1st order and 2nd order linear prediction theory. 6
20. Explain any one application of adaptive noise cancellation. 4
21. Differentiate between the Stochastic and deterministic approaches of EEG modelling. 3
22. How the fetal ECG is monitored. 4
