• DocumentCode
    1210879
  • Title

    Automated High-Speed Analysis of Holter Tapes with Microcomputers

  • Author

    Ahlstrom, Mark L. ; Tompkins, Willis J.

  • Author_Institution
    Honeywell Military Avionics Division
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    651
  • Lastpage
    657
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1983.325067
  • Filename
    4121520