An XML Format for storing Body Surface Potential Map recordings

Current ECG formats such as SCP-ECG and HL7/aECG mainly support popular acquisition methods such as the 12-lead ECG. These formats do not, however, provide support for less prominent methods such as the Body Surface Potential Map (BSPM). As an attempt to address this shortcoming, this study introduces an XML based format for storing all multi-electrode BSPMs. The proposed format has been successfully tested by storing both the Lux 192-lead dataset and the Kornreich 117-lead dataset.