Body Surface Potential Images: A Tool For ECG Analysis

J. Cornelis; E. Nyssen; M. Nyssen; Y. Christophe; P. Block; O. Steenhaut

doi:10.1117/12.935313

26 October 1983 Body Surface Potential Images: A Tool For ECG Analysis

J. Cornelis, E. Nyssen, M. Nyssen, Y. Christophe, P. Block, O. Steenhaut

Proceedings Volume 0397, Applications of Digital Image Processing V; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935313
Event: 1983 International Technical Conference/Europe, 1983, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

Maximal information about the potential distribution across the human chest wall can be obtained by sampling it in an important number of points, distributed according to a pre-defined geometric pattern on the thorax. The classical representation is a set of maps of equipotential lines, taken at different moments of the cardiac cycle. There are important reasons why only specialised cardiologists use this visualisation technique and why it be-longs to the exclusive domain of experimental research: its noise sensitivity and its poor dynamic information content. To overcome these problems, we use a representation of sequences of computer generated images on a video screen, where potential values are mapped to pseudo-colours or gray levels. The use of the visualisation technique as an aid in the study of diagnostic parameters derived from body surface potential maps will be illustrated.

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J. Cornelis, E. Nyssen, M. Nyssen, Y. Christophe, P. Block, and O. Steenhaut "Body Surface Potential Images: A Tool For ECG Analysis", Proc. SPIE 0397, Applications of Digital Image Processing V, (26 October 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935313

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