PhysioNet - Digitization of ECG Images: competition imagePexelsPhysioNet - Digitization of ECG Images
Extract the ECG time-series data from scans and photographs of paper printouts of the ECGs.
- Winners
- 6
- Teams
- 1,424
- Prize pool
- $50,000
Used by winning teams in 33 AI competitions
Biological research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical research, biomedical science, and healthcare imaging.

Public examples
33 competitions
PhysioNet - Digitization of ECG Images: competition imagePexelsExtract the ECG time-series data from scans and photographs of paper printouts of the ECGs.
BYU - Locating Bacterial Flagellar Motors 2025: competition imagePexelsHelp locate flagellar motors in three-dimensional reconstructions of bacteria.
CZII - CryoET Object Identification: competition imagePexelsFind small biological structures in large 3D volumes
Image: Kaggle competition pageDetect the presence and location of intracranial aneurysms in multimodal imaging data
Image: Kaggle competition pageClassify seizures and other patterns of harmful brain activity in critically ill patients
Image: Kaggle competition pageIdentify cancers among skin lesions cropped from 3D total body photographs
Image: Kaggle competition pageClassify lumbar spine degenerative conditions
Image: Kaggle competition pageSegment vasculature in 3D scans of human kidney
Image: Kaggle competition pageNavigating Ovarian Cancer: Unveiling Common Histotypes and Unearthing Rare Variants
Image: Kaggle competition pageSegment instances of microvascular structures from healthy human kidney tissue slides.
Image: Kaggle competition pageDetect and classify traumatic abdominal injuries
Image: Kaggle competition pageFind breast cancers in screening mammograms
Image: Kaggle competition pageSegment multi-organ functional tissue units
Mayo Clinic - STRIP AI: competition imagePexelsImage Classification of Stroke Blood Clot Origin
Image: Kaggle competition pageIdentify cervical fractures from scans
UW-Madison GI Tract Image Segmentation: competition imagePexelsTrack healthy organs in medical scans to improve cancer treatment
Bristol-Myers Squibb – Molecular Translation: competition imagePexelsCan you translate chemical images to text?
Image: Kaggle competition pageIdentify glomeruli in human kidney tissue images
Human Protein Atlas - Single Cell Classification: competition imagePexelsFind individual human cell differences in microscope images
Image: Kaggle competition pageClassify the presence and correct placement of tubes on chest x-rays to save lives
Image: Kaggle competition pagePredict the status of a genetic biomarker important for brain cancer treatment
Image: Kaggle competition pageDetect single neuronal cells in microscopy images
Image: Kaggle competition pageIdentify and localize COVID-19 abnormalities on chest radiographs
VinBigData Chest X-ray Abnormalities Detection: competition imagePexelsAutomatically localize and classify thoracic abnormalities from chest radiographs
Image: Kaggle competition pageProstate cancer diagnosis using the Gleason grading system
Image: Kaggle competition pageClassify Pulmonary Embolism cases in chest CT scans
Image: Kaggle competition pageIdentify melanoma in lesion images
Image: Kaggle competition pageMultiscanner normative age and assessments prediction with brain function, structure, and connectivity
Image: Kaggle competition pageDetect diabetic retinopathy to stop blindness before it's too late
Image: Kaggle competition pageClassify subcellular protein patterns in human cells
Image: Kaggle competition pageCellSignal: Disentangling biological signal from experimental noise in cellular images
Image: Kaggle competition pageIdentify acute intracranial hemorrhage and its subtypes
Image: Kaggle competition pageIdentify Pneumothorax disease in chest x-rays
Academic challenges
These challenge solution links are separate from the AI competition winner count above.
Used in 6 public MICCAI and ISBI challenges
3 public solution and leaderboard links
10 public solution and leaderboard links
11 public solution and leaderboard links
5 public solution and leaderboard links
4 public solution and leaderboard links