Talmon J L, van Bemmel J H
Med Inform (Lond). 1986 Apr-Jun;11(2):117-28. doi: 10.3109/14639238609001365.
In the early 1970s, modular software design was advocated as a means to obtain better structured and more reliable software systems. Such a modular approach was also introduced for computerized ECG processing in 1972. The TNO Modular ECG/VCG interpretation system was developed along these lines. During the last decade, the algorithms of this system were thoroughly improved and evaluated. This resulted in 1983 in a new version of this system named MEANS (Modular ECG ANalysis System). This paper outlines the ideas of the modular approach as they were originally defined in 1972 and developed over the years. The usefulness and advantages of these ideas will be discussed based on 12 years of experience. It appeared that modularity is the ideal approach to the development and maintenance of complex systems such as for ECG/VCG interpretation.
20世纪70年代初，模块化软件设计被提倡作为一种获得结构更好、更可靠的软件系统的方法。1972年，这种模块化方法也被引入到计算机心电图处理中。TNO模块化心电图/心向量图解释系统就是沿着这些思路开发的。在过去十年中，该系统的算法得到了全面改进和评估。这在1983年产生了该系统的一个新版本，名为MEANS（模块化心电图分析系统）。本文概述了模块化方法最初在1972年被定义并多年来不断发展的理念。将基于12年的经验来讨论这些理念的实用性和优势。结果表明，模块化是开发和维护诸如心电图/心向量图解释等复杂系统的理想方法。
