Compression and encoding of ECG data within the European standard communications protocol

Author

Zywietz ; Joseph, G. ; Fischer, R. ; Degani, R. ; Willems, J.L.

Author_Institution

Med. Sch. Hanover, Germany

fYear

1991

fDate

23-26 Sep 1991

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

108

Abstract

The European Community has launched a project to develop a standard communications protocol for computerized electrocardiography (SCP-ECG). Within this project, compression and encoding of ECG data for transmission and storage has been investigated. A compression scheme with well-specified error limits was developed. Compression ratios for resting ECGs achieved by this method are as high as 20. The reconstruction root mean square (RMS) error can be maintained below 10 μV. The method provides fully reproducible measurements and allows reliable visual rhythm analysis of the reconstructed ECG. For verification of errors introduced by compression and decomposition a standard test data set from the CSE database has been specified. For digital transmission a general protocol (SCP-Protocol) has been defined which allows communication between ECG carts and hospital information systems

Keywords

data compression; electrocardiography; electronic data interchange; encoding; medical diagnostic computing; ECG carts; ECG data compression; ECG data encoding; European standard communications protocol; computerized electrocardiography; digital transmission; error limits; error verification; hospital information systems; reconstruction root mean square error; visual rhythm analysis; Communication standards; Computer errors; Electrocardiography; Encoding; Maintenance; Protocols; Rhythm; Root mean square; Standards development; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1991, Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Venice

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2485-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1991.169056

Filename

169056