title: Composition of approximated body-surface-potential-maps by utilizing a common 12-lead-ECG device.
abstract: A procedure is introduced that allows approximations of body surface potential maps (BSPM) to be obtained by utilizing commonly available digital 12-lead-electrocardiogram (ECG) systems. These Pseudo-BSPMs contain most of the averaged spatio-temporal information for a single characteristic beat. The underlying signal processing is described in detail. The algorithms including an online method verification may easily be added to the software of commercial 12-lead ECG devices.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics and Metrological Information Technology, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, 10587 Berlin, Germany. hans.koch@ptb.de
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kürsten
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zabel
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans