Twelve-lead simulation for testing interpretive ECG machines

Author

Tompkins, Willis J. ; Luo, Shuqian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

3-6 Jun 1990

Firstpage

178

Lastpage

181

Abstract

A 12-led electrocardiogram (ECG) simulator for producing realistic signals that are useful for testing interpretive ECG machines has been developed. The simulator synthesizes about 100 12-lead ECGs with different morphological characteristics and rhythms. The operator can control the heart rate and the amplitudes of a sinusoidal baseline drift function, a pseudorandom noise source, and 60-Hz interference. The simulator, written in the C programming language on an IBM PC, provides the ECG signals through a multichannel digital-to-analog converter

Keywords

digital simulation; electrocardiography; machine testing; medical diagnostic computing; 60 Hz; C programming language; ECG morphological characteristics; ECG rhythms; IBM PC; heart rate; interpretive ECG machines testing; multichannel digital-to-analog converter; pseudorandom noise source; sinusoidal baseline drift function; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Digital-analog conversion; Electrocardiography; Encoding; Heart rate; Optical surface waves; Physics; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1990., Proceedings of Third Annual IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chapel Hill, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9040-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMSYS.1990.109397

Filename

109397