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COMPENSATION

INTRODUCTION

•Removing noise from a signal probably is the

most frequent application for signal
processing

•Introduce the related concept of Z-

transforms and digital filters

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Biomedical applications often involve the

acquisition of continuous-time signals by
digital sampling, therefore the choice of
filtering either before sampling using
continuous-time filter (analogue filter), or
after sampling using a discrete-time filter
(digital filter)

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Example
When an EMG is recorded from muscles on
the torso, the ECG is commonly
superimposed on the EMG signal because of
the physical proximity of the heart and the
large electrical amplitude of the ECG
compared to many EMG signals.

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Example
Diagram shows the bipolar recording of the
EMG from the lower ventrolateral rib cage of
a human subject

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