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Abstract
Increasing use is being made of microprocessors in medicine to perform routine clinical measurements. Physiological parameters whose measurement involves data processing on the part of hospital technicians can in many cases be better obtained using such instrumentation. The application of a microprocessor to the measurement of ST-segment elevations in the electrocardiogram is described to illustrate the use of programmable instrumentation in medicine and demonstrate some of the ensuing benefits.