The Stacked Frame Display for Optimizing the Display and Interpretation of Analog Data

摘要

This paper describes the stacked frame display (SFD), a method for improving the accuracy and speed of interpreting analog data. The SFD involves the replacement of sequentially recorded traditional analog waveforms with narrow single lines. The amplitude and duration information that had been shown in the traditional analog waveforms is provided in the SFD by encoding this information using colors or the brightness of pixels in the linear display of the data. The method was tested by comparing its ability to interpret ambulatory electrocardiographic (ECG) data to that of traditional methods of interpreting such data. Compared to the traditional method of interpreting ambulatory ECG data, The SFD resulted in more accurate and efficient interpretations of these data. The SFD improves the accuracy and efficiency of interpreting sequentially recorded analog data.