SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING THE HEART

摘要

A system and method of testing a patient for coronary disease in the patient's heart is disclosed. Electrical signals of the heart are detected and processed to create a 2D waveform using a continuous wavelet transformation. The waveform may be further processed by repeatedly comparing it to patterns stored within the pattern recognition processor whereby certain coronary diseases such as myocardial ischemia in the patient's heart may be diagnosed. During each heartbeat, at least a million different electrical impulses are collected and the results of the test are displayed on a screen. The results may include the diagnosis, a computer generated image of the patient's heart identifying areas of any coronary disease that has been detected and/or a two dimensional waveform representing the electrical impulses of the patient's heart. The system may also generate ECG waveforms.