Extract text from WFDB header files (HEA)
To convert HEA Header files to another format, you need WFDB Software Package or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Physiological Signal Header File" file type, you need software like WFDB Software Package or a similar tool.
A .HEA file is a physiological signal header file developed for the PhysioNet WaveForm DataBase (WFDB) format. It acts as a metadata dictionary for raw biomedical signal data, such as ECG (electrocardiograms), EMG (electromyography), and EHG recordings. The file stores critical acquisition parameters, including sampling frequency, signal format, channel names, and calibration constants. It is almost always paired with a binary DAT file that contains the actual waveform samples.
The major disadvantage of the .HEA format is its highly specialized nature. You cannot natively import WFDB datasets into standard data science tools like Excel, Tableau, or PowerBI. Without installing specialized biomedical suites like the WFDB Software Package, or writing custom scripts using Python's wfdb library or MATLAB's wfdb2mat, the raw data is completely inaccessible and frustrating to manage for non-programmers.
To make this data widely accessible, researchers must convert it. For universal metadata archiving, convert the header to JSON or XML. If you just need to read the text-based parameters, convert it to a standard TXT file. To perform statistical analysis on the combined metadata and signal data, converting the full WFDB record to CSV or MATLAB's MAT format is the most pragmatic solution.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HEA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert HEA file to , you can use WFDB Software Package or similar software from the "Medical Signal Metadata Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to HEA, try WFDB Software Package or another comparable tool in the "Medical Signal Metadata Storage" category.
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