A data communications and processing system for cardiac analysis

Many aspects of medical diagnoses involve extensive, tedious procedures in which the capabilities of a digital computer can provide the physician an invaluable aid. Because of the complexity and cost of modern computers, systems to aid in diagnostic procedures must generally be centrally located and be capable of serving many physicians. Thus, data communication links between the physicians and the computer location are required. Such a data communication and processing system for cardiac analysis is now in operation and is described in this paper.