Algorithms 2012, 5(4), 588-603; doi:10.3390/a5040588
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An Efficient Algorithm for Automatic Peak Detection in Noisy Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Signals

Felix Scholkmann* email, Jens Bossemail and Martin Wolfemail
Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory, Division of Neonatology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 3 August 2012; in revised form: 29 October 2012 / Accepted: 13 November 2012 / Published: 21 November 2012
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Abstract: We present a new method for automatic detection of peaks in noisy periodic and quasi-periodic signals. The new method, called automatic multiscale-based peak detection (AMPD), is based on the calculation and analysis of the local maxima scalogram, a matrix comprising the scale-dependent occurrences of local maxima. The usefulness of the proposed method is shown by applying the AMPD algorithm to simulated and real-world signals.
Keywords: peak detection; local maxima scalogram; multiscale local maxima detection; automatic multiscale-based peak detection (AMPD) algorithm

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Scholkmann, F.; Boss, J.; Wolf, M. An Efficient Algorithm for Automatic Peak Detection in Noisy Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Signals. Algorithms 2012, 5, 588-603.

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Scholkmann F, Boss J, Wolf M. An Efficient Algorithm for Automatic Peak Detection in Noisy Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Signals. Algorithms. 2012; 5(4):588-603.

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Scholkmann, Felix; Boss, Jens; Wolf, Martin. 2012. "An Efficient Algorithm for Automatic Peak Detection in Noisy Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Signals." Algorithms 5, no. 4: 588-603.

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