PROJECT: musexmlexport

A utility to extract an ECG rhythm strip from a MUSE(R) XML file. It converts MUSE XML files to CSV files, suitable for import into Excel and MATLAB.

This program is is written for use with Python 3, since version 0.3.0.

Copyright Information

Copyright 2009 GE Healthcare

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (it is embedded in the text of this script). If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

You may contact the author by e-mail (anthony.ricke@gmail.com). For updates to this software, please visit the Source Forge project site (http://sourceforge.net/projects/musexmlexport/)

• MUSE is a registered trademark of GE Healthcare, Inc.

History

• Version 0.1, Initial release, A. Ricke, 23 July 2009
• Version 0.2, Updated version 3.0 of the GNU General Public License and loaded code into GitHub, A. Ricke, 3 October, 2020
• Version 0.3, Updated the script to work with Python 3 and to automatically read the encoding from the file and use that encoding to import the XML file. A. Ricke 11 Oct 2020.

CONTENTS

A listing of the MUSE XML Export contents is:

• musexmlex.py : The Python script used to read the MUSE XML files and export a '.csv' file, suitable for import into other programs.
• README.md : This file
• LICENSE : A copy of the GNU General Public License. A copy is also included as part of the musexmlex.py script.

PREPARATION

The 'musexmlex.py' script is a Python script; hence, the Python engine must be installed before using the script. This script was verified using version 3.7.2.

See www.python.org for information about installing Python on your target machine.

After installation, make sure 'python3.exe' is in your system path before continuing.

USE

1. Copy the Python script to a location easily referened by your command-line window.

2. Run the Python script, at the command-line, to export the ECG rhythm to a comma-separated value ('.csv') file. The script writes the output in microvolts.

   For example:

   python musexmlex.py MUSE_FILE.xml

   Exports the ECG rhythm stored in the XML file to a file named 'MUSE_FILE.csv', assuming the following:

   a. The Python script 'musexmlex.py' is in the current-working directory.

   b. The file 'MUSE_FILE.xml' is in the current-working directory.

   c. Python is installed on the machine, and it is in the system path.