OpenECG Consortium announces a programming contest for Electrocardiography record handling applications and tools, using the SCP-ECG Standard:

Competition themes

There will be different categories in this contest all regarding SCP-ECG record tools:

1. SCP-Tester: the application should be able to evaluate/check any part of an scp record not regarding proprietary/custom part or sections; i.e. global and/or Section CRC; global and/or Section Header; Section 0 pointer coherence; etcetera.
2. SCP-Converter: the application should be able convert an SCP-ECG file to and from another documented structure; FDA proposed XML format and DICOM supplement 30 waveform standard are strongly encouraged; but other solutions will be evaluated;
3. SCP-Viewer: the application should be able to display the content of an SCP-ECG file in its alphanumeric and signal parts;
4. SCP-Writer: starting from an ECG signal stored in 16 bits binary interlaced Little Endian form with an associated info file, this application should be able to produce an SCP record (with or without high compression);
5. SCP-Meter: the application should be able to analyze the ECG to locate the complexes and to define the reference beats, the fiducial points and the reserved areas for each beat;
6. Other: The OpenECG consortium will evaluate well-documented applications able to suggest new interoperability or viewing tools related to Electrocardiography and the SCP-ECG standard.

Download Contest Leaflet here (pdf, 206 KB).