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Yılmaz et al. BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2010, 9:39 /content/9/1/39 RESEARCH Open Access Sleep stage and obstructive apneaic epoch classification using single-lead ECG 1* 1 2 3 4 Bülent Yılmaz , Musa H Asyalı , Eren Arıkan , Sinan Yetkin , Fuat Özgen * Correspondence: bulent. Abstract yilmaz@.tr 1Faculty of Engineering, Electrical- Background: Polysomnography (PSG) is used to define physiological sleep and Electronics Engineering Department, Zirve University, different physiological sleep stages, to assess sleep quality and diagnose many types Gaziantep, Turkey of sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea. However, PSG requires not only the connection of various sensors and electrodes to the subject but also spending the night in a bed that is different from the subject’s own bed. This study is designed to investigate the feasibility of automatic classification of sleep stages and obstructive apneaic epochs using only the features derived from a single-lead electrocardiography (ECG) signal. Methods: For this purpose, PSG recordings (ECG included) were obtained during the night’s sleep (mean duration 7 hours) of 17 subjects (5 men) with ages between 26 and 67. Based on these recordings, sleep experts performed sleep scoring for each subject. This study consisted of the following steps: (1) Visual inspection of ECG data corresp