SCP-ECG, which stands for ''Standard communications protocol for computer assisted electrocardiography'', is a standard for ECG traces, annotations, and

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, that specifies the interchange format and a messaging procedure for ECG cart-to-host communication and for retrieval of SCP-ECG records from the host to the ECG cart. It is defined in the joint

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/ AAMI standard EC71:2001 and in the CEN standard EN 1064:2005.

History

The SCP Standard was first developed between 1989 and 1991 during a European AIM R&D project.

Other ECG data formats

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, HL7 aECG, MFER (ISO 22077)

References

External links

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OpenECG Software Tools Repository
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OpenECG
Group supports SCP-ECG by providing and supporting

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implementations and consistent application of the standard. Cardiology {{standard-stub