1 Definition 2 Functional Requirements 3 Syntax 4 Semantics

1 Definition

ECG Qualifier is a set of Data providing additional information on ECG Data for potential use by a machine.

The combination of ECG Data and ECG Qualifier is called ECG Object, specified by AIH-HSP V1.o.

2 Functional Requirements

ECG Qualifier must allow the expression of the following Elements:

  1. Sub-Type
  2. Format

Users needing additional entries in the ECG Qualifier or support of new Qualifiers should make a documented request to the MPAI Secretariat. Requests will be considered by the appropriate MPAI committee.

3 Syntax

https://schemas.mpai.community/TFA/V1.3/data/ECGQualifier.json

4 Semantics

  1. Sub-Types

    1. CPET (Cardiopulmonary exercise test)
    2. EKG-stress test (Exercise)
    3. EKG-12-lead (Resting)
    4. SAE (Signal-averaged electrocardiogram)
    5. HRV (Heart Rate Variability)
    6. PPG (Photoplethosysmography)
    7. SCG (Seismocardioscopy)

  2. Formats

    1. ECG
      1. HL7 (Health Level Seven)
      2. SCP-ECG (Standard Communications Protocol for Computer-Assisted Electrocardiography)
      3. DICOM-ECG (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine)
      4. aECG (Annotated Electrocardiogram)
      5. ecgML (a markup language for electrocardiogram data acquisition and analysis)
      6. MFER (Medical Waveform Format Encoding Rules)
      7. Philips XML (eXtensible Markup Language),
      8. ML-ECG
      9. mECGML (mobile Electrocardiography Markup Language)
      10. ecgAware (an ECG markup language for ambulatory telemonitoring and decision-making support).
    2. HRV
      1. HRV score
      2. ln(RMSSD)
      3. pNN50
      4. RMSSD
      5. SDNN

5 References