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MIT-BIH Polysomnographic Database

George Moody

Published: Aug. 3, 1999. Version: 1.0.0


When using this resource, please cite the original publication:

Ichimaru Y, Moody GB. Development of the polysomnographic database on CD-ROM. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 53:175-177 (April 1999).

Please include the standard citation for PhysioNet: (show more options)
Goldberger, A., Amaral, L., Glass, L., Hausdorff, J., Ivanov, P. C., Mark, R., ... & Stanley, H. E. (2000). PhysioBank, PhysioToolkit, and PhysioNet: Components of a new research resource for complex physiologic signals. Circulation [Online]. 101 (23), pp. e215–e220.

Abstract

The MIT-BIH Polysomnographic Database is a collection of recordings of multiple physiologic signals during sleep. Subjects were monitored in Boston's Beth Israel Hospital Sleep Laboratory for evaluation of chronic obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and to test the effects of constant positive airway pressure (CPAP), a standard therapeutic intervention that usually prevents or substantially reduces airway obstruction in these subjects.

Data Description

The database contains over 80 hours' worth of four-, six-, and seven-channel polysomnographic recordings, each with an ECG signal annotated beat-by-beat, and EEG and respiration signals annotated with respect to sleep stages and apnea. For further information, see Signals and Annotations.

The database consists of 18 records, each of which includes 4 files:

  • Sleep/apnea annotations: .st files
  • Beat annotations: .ecg files
  • Signals: .dat files
  • Header: .hea files

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Files

Total uncompressed size: 632.3 MB.

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Name Size Modified
ANNOTATORS (download) 137 B 2000-10-13
README.st (download) 335 B 1996-02-12
RECORDS (download) 113 B 2000-03-29
SHA256SUMS.txt (download) 8.4 KB 2019-02-20
dbcal (download) 1.2 KB 1992-01-22
slp01a.dat (download) 10.3 MB 2019-04-02
slp01a.ecg (download) 15.2 KB 2019-04-02
slp01a.hea (download) 281 B 1992-03-16
slp01a.st (download) 3.4 KB 1996-02-12
slp01a.st- (download) 2.8 KB 1992-03-16
slp01a.xws (download) 90 B 1999-12-12
slp01b.dat (download) 15.4 MB 2019-04-02
slp01b.ecg (download) 22.4 KB 2019-04-02
slp01b.hea (download) 280 B 1992-03-16
slp01b.st (download) 4.4 KB 1996-02-12
slp01b.st- (download) 4.2 KB 1992-03-16
slp01b.xws (download) 90 B 1999-12-12
slp02a.dat (download) 15.4 MB 2019-04-02
slp02a.ecg (download) 31.5 KB 2019-04-02
slp02a.hea (download) 275 B 1992-03-16
slp02a.st (download) 4.4 KB 1996-02-12
slp02a.st- (download) 4.2 KB 1992-03-16
slp02a.xws (download) 90 B 1999-12-12
slp02b.dat (download) 11.6 MB 2019-04-02
slp02b.ecg (download) 22.1 KB 2019-04-02
slp02b.hea (download) 276 B 1992-03-16
slp02b.st (download) 3.4 KB 1996-02-12
slp02b.st- (download) 3.2 KB 1992-03-16
slp02b.xws (download) 90 B 1999-12-12
slp03.dat (download) 30.9 MB 2019-04-02
slp03.ecg (download) 48.7 KB 2019-04-02
slp03.hea (download) 277 B 1992-03-16
slp03.st (download) 9.0 KB 1996-02-12
slp03.st- (download) 8.4 KB 1992-03-16
slp03.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp04.dat (download) 30.9 MB 2019-04-02
slp04.ecg (download) 52.8 KB 2019-04-02
slp04.hea (download) 279 B 1992-03-16
slp04.st (download) 9.2 KB 1996-02-12
slp04.st- (download) 8.4 KB 1992-03-16
slp04.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp14.dat (download) 30.9 MB 2019-04-02
slp14.ecg (download) 44.8 KB 2019-04-02
slp14.hea (download) 279 B 1992-03-16
slp14.st (download) 8.7 KB 1996-02-12
slp14.st- (download) 8.4 KB 1992-03-16
slp14.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp16.dat (download) 30.9 MB 2019-04-02
slp16.ecg (download) 53.9 KB 2019-04-02
slp16.hea (download) 281 B 1992-03-16
slp16.st (download) 8.8 KB 1996-02-12
slp16.st- (download) 8.4 KB 1992-03-16
slp16.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp32.dat (download) 48.1 MB 2019-04-02
slp32.ecg (download) 42.4 KB 2019-04-02
slp32.hea (download) 424 B 2018-09-27
slp32.st (download) 7.8 KB 1996-02-12
slp32.st- (download) 7.5 KB 1992-03-16
slp32.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp37.dat (download) 52.6 MB 2019-04-02
slp37.ecg (download) 59.8 KB 2019-04-02
slp37.hea (download) 516 B 2002-11-08
slp37.hea- (download) 440 B 1992-03-16
slp37.st (download) 9.4 KB 1996-02-12
slp37.st- (download) 8.2 KB 1992-03-16
slp37.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp41.dat (download) 58.6 MB 2019-04-02
slp41.ecg (download) 50.6 KB 2019-04-02
slp41.hea (download) 435 B 1992-03-16
slp41.st (download) 9.1 KB 1992-03-16
slp41.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp45.dat (download) 57.1 MB 2019-04-02
slp45.ecg (download) 54.1 KB 2019-04-02
slp45.hea (download) 441 B 1992-03-16
slp45.st (download) 8.9 KB 1992-03-16
slp45.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp48.dat (download) 57.1 MB 2019-04-02
slp48.ecg (download) 48.3 KB 1992-03-16
slp48.hea (download) 427 B 1992-03-16
slp48.st (download) 9.5 KB 1996-02-12
slp48.st- (download) 8.4 KB 1992-03-16
slp48.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp59.dat (download) 36.0 MB 2019-04-02
slp59.ecg (download) 33.0 KB 2019-04-02
slp59.hea (download) 434 B 1992-03-16
slp59.st (download) 6.0 KB 1996-02-12
slp59.st- (download) 5.6 KB 1992-03-16
slp59.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp60.dat (download) 53.3 MB 2019-04-02
slp60.ecg (download) 48.9 KB 2019-04-02
slp60.hea (download) 438 B 1992-03-16
slp60.st (download) 9.1 KB 1996-02-12
slp60.st- (download) 8.3 KB 1992-03-16
slp60.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp61.dat (download) 47.6 MB 2019-04-02
slp61.ecg (download) 49.8 KB 2019-04-02
slp61.hea (download) 377 B 1992-03-16
slp61.st (download) 9.1 KB 1996-02-12
slp61.st- (download) 8.7 KB 1992-03-16
slp61.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp66.dat (download) 33.0 MB 2019-04-02
slp66.ecg (download) 30.8 KB 2019-04-02
slp66.hea (download) 420 B 1992-03-16
slp66.st (download) 5.6 KB 1996-02-12
slp66.st- (download) 5.2 KB 1992-03-16
slp66.xws (download) 89 B 1999-12-12
slp67x.dat (download) 11.6 MB 2019-04-02
slp67x.ecg (download) 10.5 KB 2002-12-18
slp67x.ecg- (download) 10.5 KB 2019-04-02
slp67x.hea (download) 430 B 1992-03-16
slp67x.st (download) 2.0 KB 1996-02-12
slp67x.st- (download) 1.8 KB 1992-03-16
slp67x.xws (download) 90 B 1999-12-12
slpdb.html (download) 11.5 KB 2012-10-04
wfdbcal (download) 3.0 KB 2017-01-18