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A total of 11 AF simulations and 12 AF patients are considered in the analysis. For each patient, intracardiac electrograms were acquired in 15 locations from both atria. The accuracy of both methods was assessed by calculating the absolute errors of the highest DF\n \n BSPM<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sub>\n (HDF\n \n BSPM<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:sub>\n ) with respect to the atrial HDF, either simulated or intracardially measured, and assumed correct if \u22641 Hz. The spatial distribution of the errors between torso DFs and atrial HDFs were compared with atria driving mechanism locations. Torso HDF regions, defined as portions of the maps with\n \n \n \n <\/jats:tex-math>\n \n \n |<\/mml:mo>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n D<\/mml:mi>\n F<\/mml:mi>\n \u2212<\/mml:mo>\n \n \n H<\/mml:mi>\n D<\/mml:mi>\n F<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n \n B<\/mml:mi>\n S<\/mml:mi>\n P<\/mml:mi>\n M<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msub>\n \n |<\/mml:mo>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n \u2264<\/mml:mo>\n 0.5<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/jats:inline-formula>\n Hz were identified and the percentage of the torso occuping these regions was compared between methods. The robustness of both methods to white Gaussian noise, ventricular influence and harmonics, and to lower spatial resolution BSPM lead layouts was analyzed: computer AF models (567 leads vs 256 leads down to 16 leads) and patient data (67 leads vs 32 and 16 leads).\n Main results<\/jats:italic>\n : The proposed method allowed an improvement in non-invasive estimation of the atria HDF. For the models the median relative errors were 7.14% for the wavelet-based algorithm vs 60.00% for the Welch method; in patients, the errors were 10.03% vs 12.66%, respectively. The wavelet method outperformed the Welch approach in correct estimations of atrial HDFs in models (81.82% vs 45.45%, respectively) and patients (66.67% vs 41.67%). A low positive BSPM-DF map correlation was seen between the techniques (0.47 for models and 0.63 for patients), highlighting the overall differences in DF distributions. The wavelet-based algorithm was more robust to white Gaussian noise, residual ventricular activity and harmonics, and presented more consistent results in lead layouts with low spatial resolution.\n Significance<\/jats:italic>\n : Estimation of atrial HDFs using BSPM is improved by the proposed wavelet-based algorithm, helping to increase the non-invasive diagnostic ability in AF.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1088\/1361-6579\/ab97c1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,29]],"date-time":"2020-05-29T18:22:42Z","timestamp":1590776562000},"page":"075004","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["A robust wavelet-based approach for dominant frequency analysis of atrial fibrillation in body surface signals"],"prefix":"10.1088","volume":"41","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9850-392X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"V G","family":"Marques","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6092-6847","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M","family":"Rodrigo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5660-3693","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M S","family":"Guillem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2906-9397","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"J","family":"Salinet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"266","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"pmeaab97c1bib1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pcbi.1005270","type":"journal-article","article-title":"Novel non-invasive algorithm to identify the origins of re-entry and ectopic foci in the atria from 64-lead ECGs: a computational study","volume":"13","author":"Alday","year":"2017","journal-title":"PLoS Comput. 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