METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID INTERPRETIVE ANALYSIS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC WAVEFORMS
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing a subject-visit group of ECG waveforms, the method comprising:
- selecting a subject-visit group from a plurality of subject-visit groups;
scanning each ECG waveform of the subject-visit group for artifact and annotating ECG waveforms containing artifact;
determining if measurement calipers are present in each ECG waveform and adding measurement calipers to ECG waveforms lacking measurement calipers;
assigning a grouping metric to each ECG waveform; and
segregating ECG waveforms according to their grouping metric for display and evaluation.
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Abstract
A method for analyzing a subject-visit group of ECG waveforms captured digitally on an electrocardiograph machine, on a Holter monitor device or digitized from paper electrocardiograms. A cardiologist selects a subject-visit group from a number of subject-visit groups, and each ECG waveform of the subject-visit group is scanned for artifact. Those ECG waveforms containing artifact are annotated appropriately. A determination is made if measurement calipers are present in each ECG waveform, measurement calipers are added to ECG waveforms lacking measurement calipers, and a preliminary interpretation is assigned to each ECG waveform that lacks a preliminary interpretation. Each ECG waveform is assigned a grouping metric, and the ECG waveforms are segregated according to their grouping metric for display and evaluation.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing a subject-visit group of ECG waveforms, the method comprising:
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selecting a subject-visit group from a plurality of subject-visit groups;
scanning each ECG waveform of the subject-visit group for artifact and annotating ECG waveforms containing artifact;
determining if measurement calipers are present in each ECG waveform and adding measurement calipers to ECG waveforms lacking measurement calipers;
assigning a grouping metric to each ECG waveform; and
segregating ECG waveforms according to their grouping metric for display and evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. The method according to claim 10, wherein the method further comprises accepting the QT measurement placement and interpretation of at least one ECG waveform of the group of segregated ECG waveforms.
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