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    STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  29-03-2016

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-12-2012

    Publisher:  Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

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    Committee representation
    Foreword
    Introduction and field of application
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
      3.1 Description of terms specific to this standard
      3.2 Description of other technical terms related to
           this standard
      3.3 Description of general medical informatics terms
    4 Abbreviations
    5 Definition of the data contents and format within the
      standard ECG communications protocol
      5.1 General considerations
      5.2 Specifications for the data structure
      5.3 Specification of the pointer section - Section 0
      5.4 Specification of the header information - Patient
           data/ECG acquisition data - Section 1
      5.5 Specification of the Huffman tables - Section 2
      5.6 Specification of the ECG lead definition -
           Section 3
      5.7 Specification of QRS locations, reference beat
           subtraction zones, and protected areas - Section 4
      5.8 Specification of the encoded type 0 reference
           beat data - Section 5
      5.9 Specification of the rhythm data - Section 6
      5.10 Specification of the global measurements -
           Section 7
      5.11 Specifications for the storage of full text
           electro-cardiographic interpretive statements -
           Section 8
      5.12 Specifications for storing manufacturer specific
           interpretive statements and data related to the
           overreading trail - Section 9
      5.13 Specification of the lead measurement block -
           Section 10
      5.14 Specifications for the storage of the universal
           ECG interpretive statement codes - Section 11
    6 Minimum requirements for encoding and compression of the
      electrocardiographic signal data
      6.1 Scope and field of application
      6.2 Introduction
      6.3 ECG compression methodology
      6.4 Main results from the investigations on ECG data
           compression in the SCP ECG project
      6.5 Minimum requirements for ECG data compression
           6.5.1 Categories of compression schemes
           6.5.2 Minimum requirements for ECG data encoding
                 and compression
    7 Definition of a minimum set of control and query messages
      for the interchange of ECG data
      7.1 Introduction
      7.2 Message formats
           7.2.1 Identification data interchange (Message
                 type = 'I').
           7.2.2 Request (Message type = 'R')
           7.2.3 Status (Message type = 'S')
           7.2.4 Advisory (Message type = 'A')
           7.2.5 Done (Message type = 'D')
           7.2.6 Numbered Notes for clauses 7.2.1 - 7.2.5
           7.2.7 Minimum Functionality
      7.3 State diagrams
           7.3.1 Establishment of Session State Diagram
           7.3.2 Query Messaging System State Diagram
      7.4 Message sequence examples
           7.4.1 ECG Transfer
           7.4.2 Patient List Request
           7.4.3 ECG List Request
           7.4.4 ECG Report Request
      7.5 Use of advisory messages
    8 Standard low-level ECG-cart to host transport protocol
      8.1 Scope
      8.2 Datalink and physical functional layers
      8.3 Physical functional layer
           8.3.1 General description
           8.3.2 Local connections
           8.3.3 Remote connection
      8.4 Data link functional layer
           8.4.1 General description
           8.4.2 Transmit machine
           8.4.3 Receive machine
           8.4.4 Format of the data blocks
           8.4.5 CRC error detection algorithm
           8.6.4 State Transition Diagrams (STD)
           8.4.7 Communication scenario
    ANNEX A
      A.0 - Introduction
      A.1 - Scope
      A.2 - References and definitions
      A.3 - Values
      A.4 - Control characters
      A.5 - Character set encoding
      A.6 - Language code
      A.7 - Method for handling unsupported character sets
      A.8 - Summary of the escape sequences described in this
            annex for the encoding of free text in SCP-ECG
      A.9 - Examples of encoded text strings
    ANNEX B
      B.0 - Introduction
      B.1 - Compliance specification
      B.2 - Testing/validation of SCP-ECG data format
            compatibility
      B.3 - Coding of SCP-ECG compliance
    ANNEX C
      C.0 - Introduction
      C.1 - Principles of 'High' SCP-ECG data compression
      C.2 - Equations for SCP-ECG data compression
      C.3 - Numerical examples for SCP-ECG data compression
      C.4 - Test set of ECGs for conformance testing
    ANNEX D
      D.0 - Introduction
      D.1 - Constraints
      D.2 - Composition of the code and general syntax rules
      D.3 - Acronyms for ECG interpretive statements
      D.4 - Overreading of measurement results
    ANNEX E - Glossary
    ANNEX F
      F.0 - National standards
      F.1 - References from the ECG standards literature
      F.2 - Specific references with respect to ECG date
            compression

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    Defines the two-way digital transmission of remote requests and results between digital electrocardiographs (ECG carts) and heterogeneous computer systems (hosts).

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    Committee WG 08
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note Reconfirmed 2007
    Publisher Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
    Status Withdrawn
    Superseded By

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO/IEC 6429:1992 Information technology Control functions for coded character sets
    IEC 60601-1:2005+AMD1:2012 CSV Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance
    AAMI EC12 : 2000 DISPOSABLE ECG ELECTRODES
    ISO/IEC 4873:1991 Information technology ISO 8-bit code for information interchange Structure and rules for implementation
    ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology Character code structure and extension techniques
    SAC GB 2312 : 1980 CODE OF CHINESE GRAPHIC CHARACTER SET FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE - PRIMARY SET
    ISO/IEC 2375:2003 Information technology — Procedure for registration of escape sequences and coded character sets
    ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
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