Title :
Automated High-Speed Analysis of Holter Tapes with Microcomputers
Author :
Ahlstrom, Mark L. ; Tompkins, Willis J.
Author_Institution :
Honeywell Military Avionics Division
Abstract :
We have developed an automated Holtes scanning system based on two microcomputers. One is a preprocessor that detects QRS complexes and measures the QRS durations using computations of first and second derivatives. Thismicrocomputer interfaces to a secondmicro-computer that does arrhythmia analysis, logging, and reporting using R-R intervals and QRS durations. This system can process Holter tapes at 60 times real time and produce printed summaries and 24 h trend plots of several variables including heart rate and PVC count.
Keywords :
Aerospace electronics; Computerized monitoring; Condition monitoring; Data analysis; Electrocardiography; Heart rate; Microcomputers; Military computing; Patient monitoring; Real time systems; Ambulatory Care; Computers; Electrocardiography; Humans; Microcomputers; Monitoring, Physiologic; Tape Recording;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1983.325067
