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8. March 2023

How to improve the quality of an ECG instantly (with examples)

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Poor-quality ECG recordings can sometimes prevent physicians from correctly evaluating the ECG and detecting abnormalities. With the PMcardio app, cardiologists and other healthcare professionals can simply take a photograph of a paper-based ECG, and PMcardio will digitize it and produce a clear, top-notch quality ECG tracing.

Using powerful artificial intelligence algorithms, image recognition (computer vision) and scale normalization techniques, PMcardio reads and reconstructs any 12-lead ECG into a digital waveform in a few seconds. And when we say ‘any’, we mean it.

Your ECG can be in any condition – old, worn out, damaged, deformed, crumpled, scribbled over, incomplete, etc. No matter the distortion, PMcardio will correct it and undistort it.

Just look at this example.

An image of a faded, poor-quality ECG and next to it a corrected ECG recording digitized by PMcardio

Even if your original ECG is barely legible, PMcardio’s artificial intelligence can digitize and interpret it.

Try it now and see for yourself! Get PMcardio right now and scan your first ECG.

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This feature provides cardiologists with a reliable tool to interpret ECGs that were previously difficult or unusable. Doing so eliminates the risk of missing an acute diagnosis due to a low-quality ECG. This is a major breakthrough in ECG interpretation and ensures cardiologists have the best chance at accurately diagnosing patients.

As Ken Grauer, MD, Author, Educator of ECG Interpretation/ACLS, and owner of the ECG Interpretation blog noted:

“My perspective is that of an ECG expert interpreter who does extensive writing (and illustrating), often based on tracings sent to me via the internet. Such tracings are often photos taken from smartphones — therefore photographed in suboptimal lighting, with the ECG often angled and even folded (therefore distorted). What I love about PMcardio — is that within seconds, I’m able to obtain a vastly improved quality copy of the original tracing. I find it amazing how PMcardio “straightens” waveforms and eliminates artefact.”

Here are a couple of other examples of poor-quality ECGs digitized by PMcardio.

An old ECG with faded tracing

A crumpled ECG

An image of a crumpled, poor-quality ECG and next to it a corrected ECG recording digitized by PMcardio

An ECG with stains covering the tracing

An image of a stained, poor-quality ECG and next to it a corrected ECG recording digitized by PMcardio

An object covering an ECG

An image of an obstructed, poor-quality ECG and next to it a corrected ECG recording digitized by PMcardio

A scribbled-over ECG

An image of a scribbled over poor-quality ECG and next to it a corrected ECG recording digitized by PMcardio

An ECG taken from an angle

An image of a poor-quality ECG taken from an awkward angle and next to it a corrected ECG recording digitized by PMcardio

Over to you

PMcardio removes distortion and enhances the overall quality of any 12-lead ECG instantly – in just a few seconds. Every ECG diagnostic report you create with PMcardio includes the digitized 12-lead ECG. Learn more about PMcardio’s ECG diagnostic reports here.

Want to see more examples like this? Follow our Chief Medical Officer, Dr Robert Herman, on Twitter.

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Powerful Medical leads one of the most important shifts in modern medicine by augmenting human-made clinical decisions with artificial intelligence. Our primary focus is on cardiovascular diseases, the world’s leading cause of death.

About PMcardio:

PMcardio is the market leader in AI-powered diagnostics, addressing the world’s leading cause of death – cardiovascular diseases. The innovative clinical assistant empowers healthcare professionals to detect up to 40 cardiovascular diseases. In the form of a smartphone application, the certified Class IIb medical device interprets any 12-lead ECG image in under 5 seconds to provide accurate diagnoses and individualized treatment recommendations tailored to each patient.