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Methods Inf Med 1994; 33(01): 148-152
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634974
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Management of Serial ECGs and Control Strategies for the Comparison Process

J. Fayn
1   INSERM U 121, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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P. Rubel
2   INSA-LISI, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
,
J. L. Willems
3   Div. of Medical Informatics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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Publication Date:
08 February 2018 (online)

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Abstract:

Serial ECG management and control of the comparison process should be dynamically driven by patient data. The functional architecture requirements are specified for a computerized ECG processing system integrating serial analysis. The concepts of reference investigations and temporal events are first explained. A conceptual reference model is proposed which stratifies the serial analysis process into a few generic strategies which will be instantiated into several types of serial comparison processing tasks as a function of the clinical evolution of the patient. This model is an extension of the OEDIPE core data model developed and implemented during the AIM #2026 project.

Keywords

Decision Support - Serial Analysis - ECG Interpretation
 

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