Actiheart User Manual 5.1.31 (Jun 2022)
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5 Full Waveform Analysis
The Full Waveform analysis window is designed to examine the ECG and 3-axis
acceleration waveforms in detail. After initial loading and processing, fast
navigation is supported for scrolling and zooming throughout the recording using
the mouse. This allows a detailed overvi
ew of the full recording’s heart rate and
movement together with rapid zoom and scrolling of the detailed high-resolution
waveform.
Note that if your Actiheart was ordered with a Bluetooth module fitted for this
purpose, then when setting up an Actiheart from the Waveform Analysis section,
it is also possible to specify the Live Display recording mode. This will both
enable the live broadcast of data for viewing (as described in the Guide to
Getting Started), and capture the full waveform recording to internal storage for
later download via USB.
5.1 Selecting a
Recording
Use the “Full Waveform” button in the main menu to open the recordings list
window shown below.
This shows a list of all recordings eligible for the waveform analysis window,
including those from Actiheart and legacy devices. Additionally, if the checkbox to
“Allow IBI recordings, showing a representative ECG” is selected, Actiheart 5 IBI
Mode recordings will be shown. These are represented with a sequence of
correctly timed and sized ECG spikes showing all the detail captured from the
ECG signal in those recordings.
After double-
clicking on a recording, or selecting and using the “Analyse” button,
the recording will begin opening. Because the full loading may take some time, it
will display gradually until all data is processed. The ECG is always re-sampled
to 1024Hz
– a cubic spline is carried out to interpolate and smooth the data for
original sample rates below 1024Hz. The resulting ECG is analysed for IBI data if
being opened for the first time, and all other channels shown.