Patent ID: 6580817
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
A computerized method of analyzing an electrocardiogram (ECG) paper chaff, comprising the steps of:scanning the EGG chart to thereby create a computer-readable EGG image file representative of the EGG chart; storing said EGG image file in a memory of a computer; opening said EGG image file; displaying an EGG plot of said ECG image file on a display of the computer; calibrating an x-axis and a y-axis of said EGG plot; identifying one or more features on said EGG plot by using at least one input device connected to the computer; drawing a feature line with a first end point at one feature and second end point at a second feature; and automatically finding the distance between the two end points as projected upon one or both fixes of said EGG plot.