PhysioNet's Mission
We seek to promote, catalyze and initiate basic-to-bedside research in the study of complex physiologic data by:- Making well-characterized physiologic data freely available in web archives
- Providing well-tested and documented free and open source software for the analysis of physiologic data
- Creating a multidisciplinary forum to facilitate the discovery of "hidden information" in complex physiologic data
PhysioNet's Aims
- Facilitating ongoing basic and clinical studies
- Stimulating new investigations on dynamics in health/disease
- Providing larger, more comprehensive databases than any single center can collect
- Providing permanently accessible repositories for data from large studies and publications ("dynamical appendices")
- Protecting the integrity and reliability of raw data and analyses
- Fostering technology transfer
- Developing tests for life-threatening diseases:
Example: Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea from a single lead electrocardiogram (PhysioNet/Computers in Cardiology Challenge 2000)
PhysioNet's Audience
PhysioNet is a resource intended for a broad audience, including basic scientists, mathematicians, engineers, clinicians, and students working in biomedical sciences and related technologies. PhysioNet is intended to foster interaction among investigators from many different disciplines ("laboratories without walls").
More Information
For an in depth introduction to PhysioNet see:- Circulation article about PhysioNet (at Circulation's website; page opens in another window)
- PhysioNet's "About PhysioNet"
- PhysioNet Frequently Asked Questions