Title :
Digital conversion of an analog cardiac mapping approach
Author :
Parson, Ian ; Downar, Eugene
Author_Institution :
Ryerson Polytech. Inst., Toronto, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A digital system is described which retains the capacity and immediacy of the analog approach while embracing the substantial increase in signal-to-noise available in digital recording. The digital system configuration is discussed in terms of the layout of its analog antecedent. This digital analog of analog mapping is accomplished through the use of dedicated hardware, in an approach which avoids the time constraints that a single CPU would experience executing analysis and data storage. However, such a hardware-based design does not incur the loss of software flexibility, since these hardware devices run under software control via a set of operator-chosen parameters
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; electrocardiography; medical computing; ECG; digital analog of analog mapping; digital system configuration; hardware-based design; operator-chosen parameters; signal-to-noise ratio; software flexibility; Assembly; Channel capacity; Data analysis; Digital recording; Digital systems; Image sampling; Memory; Signal to noise ratio; Three dimensional displays; Thyristors;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95681