Patent ID: 7966062

Claim:
A method for displaying closely proximate cardiac signals comprising the steps of: identifying one or more overlapping portions of a template signal and a data signal, wherein the template signal and the data signal each comprise a segment of a electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform signal; processing the overlapping portion so as to have a first color when displayed on a display; processing the non-overlapping portion of the template signal to have a second color; processing the non-overlapping portion of the data signal to have a third color, wherein the first color is different than the second and third colors; and displaying the processed signals in the first, second and third colors to show the degree of alignment therebetween, wherein the identifying step identifies the overlapping portions as including (a) perfect matches between the template signal and the data signal, and (b) not perfect matches of closely-approximating, additional portions in which a degree of alignment between the template signal and the data signal exceeds a predetermined threshold value.