Database Open Access
MIT-BIH ECG Compression Test Database
Published: Aug. 3, 1999. Version: 1.0.0
Please include the standard citation for PhysioNet:
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Goldberger, A., Amaral, L., Glass, L., Hausdorff, J., Ivanov, P. C., Mark, R., ... & Stanley, H. E. (2000). PhysioBank, PhysioToolkit, and PhysioNet: Components of a new research resource for complex physiologic signals. Circulation [Online]. 101 (23), pp. e215–e220.
Data Description
This database contains 168 short ECG recordings (20.48 seconds each) selected to pose a variety of challenges for ECG compressors, in particular for lossy compression methods.
Access
Access Policy:
Anyone can access the files, as long as they conform to the terms of the specified license.
License (for files):
Open Data Commons Attribution License v1.0
Discovery
DOI (version 1.0.0):
https://doi.org/10.13026/C2QP41
Topics:
ecg
Corresponding Author
Files
Total uncompressed size: 2.6 MB.
Access the files
- Download the ZIP file (2.7 MB)
- Access the files using the Google Cloud Storage Browser here. Login with a Google account is required.
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Access the data using the Google Cloud command line tools (please refer to the gsutil
documentation for guidance):
gsutil -m -u YOUR_PROJECT_ID cp -r gs://cdb-1.0.0.physionet.org DESTINATION
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Download the files using your terminal:
wget -r -N -c -np https://physionet.org/files/cdb/1.0.0/
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Download the files using AWS command line tools:
aws s3 sync --no-sign-request s3://physionet-open/cdb/1.0.0/ DESTINATION