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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 1/2016

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Technical advance

Multiscale Poincaré plots for visualizing the structure of heartbeat time series

Authors: Teresa S. Henriques, Sara Mariani, Anton Burykin, Filipa Rodrigues, Tiago F. Silva, Ary L. Goldberger

Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Background

Poincaré delay maps are widely used in the analysis of cardiac interbeat interval (RR) dynamics. To facilitate visualization of the structure of these time series, we introduce multiscale Poincaré (MSP) plots.

Methods

Starting with the original RR time series, the method employs a coarse-graining procedure to create a family of time series, each of which represents the system’s dynamics in a different time scale. Next, the Poincaré plots are constructed for the original and the coarse-grained time series. Finally, as an optional adjunct, color can be added to each point to represent its normalized frequency.

Results

We illustrate the MSP method on simulated Gaussian white and 1/f noise time series. The MSP plots of 1/f noise time series reveal relative conservation of the phase space area over multiple time scales, while those of white noise show a marked reduction in area. We also show how MSP plots can be used to illustrate the loss of complexity when heartbeat time series from healthy subjects are compared with those from patients with chronic (congestive) heart failure syndrome or with atrial fibrillation.

Conclusions

This generalized multiscale approach to Poincaré plots may be useful in visualizing other types of time series.
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Metadata
Title
Multiscale Poincaré plots for visualizing the structure of heartbeat time series
Authors
Teresa S. Henriques
Sara Mariani
Anton Burykin
Filipa Rodrigues
Tiago F. Silva
Ary L. Goldberger
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0252-0

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