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A unique patented method for the
conversion of paper to digital ECG traces
ECGScan
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Background
• Despite a technology that permits storage of
raw data in digital format since many years, a
vast majority of ECG analyses is still performed
on paper printouts, either directly on paper
copies or with the support of on-screen calipers
methods applied to the scanned printout
converted to a digital image format.
• This mode of operation has sometimes caused
some confusion in the terminology and in
particular on the definition of a “digital ECG”.
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ECGScan: The AMPS tool for the conversion of
paper to digital ECG traces
• The task of
actually deriving
a digital ECGs
from paper
printouts is now
possible thanks
to ECGScan.
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ECGScan compatibility
• ECGScan can handle ECG images scanned with
standard scanners and medium resolution (200
DPI or higher) with at least a 8bit grayscale
color depth.
Accepted image input formats include:
.bmp .jpg .png .tif .gif
• Output formats include:
- HL7 FDA XML
- AMPS XML
- Binary
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Grid Detection
• Detection of underlying
grid accounting and
correcting for both tilt
(angle) and distortion
effects.
After the Grid has been
detected, the Status Bar shows
the Grid Detection results
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Lead based detection
• Lead-based detection of each ECG waveform.
• Simultaneous waveform detection options based
on predetermined model typical of paper ECG
printouts (e.g. 3x4 with long lead II at the
bottom).
• Digitized ECG with user-defined sampling-rate
and amplitude resolution.
• Limb Leads Derivation ( I –II – III – aVR – aVL –
aVF) from the digitization of only two of them.
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Other Settings
• Manual Lead Time Offsets.
• Automatic Leads Time Synchronization.
• Limb Leads Derivation ( I –II – III – aVR – aVL
– aVF) from the digitization of only two of
them.
• Executable in both standalone mode or fully
controlled by a client application through the
usage of an API library based on Common
Object Interface (COM) technology.
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News in ECGScan3
• Totally redesigned User Interface with user-
friendly graphics making ECGScan3 much easier
to use.
• Updated and more complete waveforms detection
algorithm.
• Addition of several new image processing tools
that both speed up the process of digitalization
and enhance the accuracy of the waveform
detection.
• HL7 XML FDA output format.
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For questions, additional information, or a price proposition
please contact:
E-mail: Marketing@amps-llc.com
Web: www.amps-llc.com
418 Central Park West suite 21 - 10025 - New York - New York
Via Paolo VI, 34 - 25018 - Montichiari (BS) - Italy
127 rue de la Glaciere - 75013 - Paris - France
AMPS LLC
