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diff --git a/graphics/ecg2png/pkg-descr b/graphics/ecg2png/pkg-descr deleted file mode 100644 index 013fc4aeddc4..000000000000 --- a/graphics/ecg2png/pkg-descr +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -This program is designed to convert scanned 12-lead -electrocardiograms into PNG format and a web-friendly -image size. It assumes that the electrocardiogram (ECG) -is printed with a black line on white paper with a red grid. - -The problems this program is designed to solve are (1) an -ECG scanned at relatively high resolution (300 to 600 dots -per inch) imposes a substantial load on the web browser -because it contains about 6 million pixels which may require -18 to 24 MB of RAM to store for display. Also, (2) typical -scanners convert a clean paper ECG into a multitude of colors, -include green and blue. The resulting file cannot be compressed -efficiently because it does not contain as much redundancy, and -thus takes more time to transmit over low-speed network connections. - -WWW: http://www.cardiothink.com/downloads/ecg2png/ |