mne.preprocessing.find_ecg_events#

mne.preprocessing.find_ecg_events(raw, event_id=999, ch_name=None, tstart=0.0, l_freq=5, h_freq=35, qrs_threshold='auto', filter_length='10s', return_ecg=False, reject_by_annotation=True, verbose=None)[source]#

Find ECG events by localizing the R wave peaks.

Parameters:
rawinstance of Raw

The raw data.

event_idint

The index to assign to found ECG events.

ch_nameNone | str

The name of the channel to use for ECG peak detection. If None (default), ECG channel is used if present. If None and no ECG channel is present, a synthetic ECG channel is created from the cross-channel average. This synthetic channel can only be created from MEG channels.

tstartfloat

Start ECG detection after tstart seconds. Useful when the beginning of the run is noisy.

l_freqfloat

Low pass frequency to apply to the ECG channel while finding events.

h_freqfloat

High pass frequency to apply to the ECG channel while finding events.

qrs_thresholdfloat | str

Between 0 and 1. qrs detection threshold. Can also be “auto” to automatically choose the threshold that generates a reasonable number of heartbeats (40-160 beats / min).

filter_lengthstr | int | None

Number of taps to use for filtering.

return_ecgbool

Return the ECG data. This is especially useful if no ECG channel is present in the input data, so one will be synthesized. Defaults to False.

reject_by_annotationbool

Whether to omit bad segments from the data before fitting. If True (default), annotated segments whose description begins with 'bad' are omitted. If False, no rejection based on annotations is performed.

New in v0.18.

verbosebool | str | int | None

Control verbosity of the logging output. If None, use the default verbosity level. See the logging documentation and mne.verbose() for details. Should only be passed as a keyword argument.

Returns:
ecg_eventsarray

The events corresponding to the peaks of the R waves.

ch_ecgstr

Name of channel used.

average_pulsefloat

The estimated average pulse. If no ECG events could be found, this will be zero.

ecgarray | None

The ECG data of the synthesized ECG channel, if any. This will only be returned if return_ecg=True was passed.

Examples using mne.preprocessing.find_ecg_events#

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