A generalized ECG simulator: an educational tool

Author

Sadighi, Iraj ; Kejariwal, Murari

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1963

Abstract

A description is given of general-purpose personal-computer- (PC-) based simulation software developed to generate normal and abnormal ECG waveforms. The waveforms can be displayed on the PC monitor as well as output through a serial port of the digital-to-analog-converter card of the PC. The generated ECG has a Gaussian distribution with user-specified mean and standard deviation. The selection of a given waveform from a bank of ECGs is determined by the assigned probability of occurrence. The simulator produces realistic ECG with the possibility of including other biological signals, e.g. blood pressures. This program can be used as a teaching tool as well as for testing ECG monitors

Keywords

computer aided instruction; digital simulation; electrocardiography; medical computing; microcomputer applications; Gaussian distribution; PC monitor; biological signals; digital-to-analog-converter card; educational tool; generalized ECG simulator; normal ECG waveforms; occurrence probability; personal-computer-based simulation software; standard deviation; user-specified mean; Biological system modeling; Biomedical engineering; Displays; Electrocardiography; Engineering in medicine and biology; Interference; Medical simulation; Microcomputers; Societies; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96546

Filename

96546