Artificial neural network for ecg classification

This research work is supervised by ANN based algorithm to classify the ECG waveforms. The ECG waveform gives the almost all information about activity of the heart, which is depending on the electrical activity of the heart. In this paper we are focused only five features of ECG signal P, Q, R, S, T. This is achieved by extracting the various features and duration of ECG waveform P-wave, PR segment, PR interval, QRS Complex, ST segment, T-wave, ST- interval, QTc and QRS voltage. ECG signal and heart rate are used the parameter for detection diseases, most of the data comes from PhysioDataNet and MIT-BIH data base. This research is focused on to find out best neural network structure which classifies the abnormalities of heart diseases. This technique also identifies the normal region for classification of abnormalities; because of ECG waveform is varying from person to person at different condition

ECG heartbeat classification using deep neural networks

En aquest treball es proposa l'anàlisi de senyals d'electrocardiogrames (ECG) mitjançant xarxes neuronals profundes. Inicialment es revisarà l'estat de l'art d'algorismes per la classificació de ECG i la identificació de batecs de cor que estan relacionats amb alguna condició mèdica rellevant. En una segona fase, es veuran les possibilitats de Deep Neural Networks per millorar els resultats predictius en la identificació de batecs anòmals en els senyals usant dades reals disponibles a la comunitat científica

Identifying Arrhythmias Based on ECG Classification Using Enhanced-PCA and Enhanced-SVM Methods

The "Cardio Vascular Diseases (CVDs)" had already attained worrisome proportions in both advanced and emerging nations in recent times. Physically inactive behaviors, altered eating, and occupational routines, and reduced daily fitness were all recognized as crucial contextual elements, in addition to genetics. Considering CVDs have such a significant morbidity and mortality, accurate and early diagnosis of cardiac disease by "ElectroCardioGram (ECG)" allows clinicians to decide suitable therapy for a multitude of cardiovascular disorders. The interpretation of ECG signal is an important bio-signal processing area that involves the application of computer science and engineering to detect and visualize the functional status of the heart. Therefore, in the present work, a detailed study on ECG signals denoising and abnormalities detection using different techniques were performed. Annoying distortions and noisy particles are common in ECG signals. The "Biased Finite Impulse Response (BFIR)" preprocessing filtering is employed in this research to eliminate the noises in the raw ECG signals. The "Nonlinear-Hamilton" segmentation method is employed to segment the 'R' peak signals.  To decrease the extraneous features included in the segmented ECG data, the innovative "Enhanced Principal Component Analysis (EPCA)" was applied for feature extraction. A unique "Enhanced version of the Support Vector Machine (ESVM)" framework with a "Weighting Kernel" based technique is proposed for classifying the ECG data. The 'Q', 'R', and 'S' waves in the given ECG data will be identified by this framework, allowing it to characterize the cardiac rhythm. The evaluation metrics of the EPCA-ESVM proposed method is comparatively analyzed with our previous approach EPSO. To estimate the results for the dataset from MIT-BIH it was experimented with by the EPSO and the EPCA-ESVM methods focused upon different parameters such as Accuracy, F1-score, etc. The final findings of the EPCA-ESVM method were good than the EPSO method in which the accuracy is higher even though unbalanced data were present

Revisiting QRS detection methodologies for portable, wearable, battery-operated, and wireless ECG systems

Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death worldwide. Currently, portable battery-operated systems such as mobile phones with wireless ECG sensors have the potential to be used in continuous cardiac function assessment that can be easily integrated into daily life. These portable point-of-care diagnostic systems can therefore help unveil and treat cardiovascular diseases. The basis for ECG analysis is a robust detection of the prominent QRS complex, as well as other ECG signal characteristics. However, it is not clear from the literature which ECG analysis algorithms are suited for an implementation on a mobile device. We investigate current QRS detection algorithms based on three assessment criteria: 1) robustness to noise, 2) parameter choice, and 3) numerical efficiency, in order to target a universal fast-robust detector. Furthermore, existing QRS detection algorithms may provide an acceptable solution only on small segments of ECG signals, within a certain amplitude range, or amid particular types of arrhythmia and/or noise. These issues are discussed in the context of a comparison with the most conventional algorithms, followed by future recommendations for developing reliable QRS detection schemes suitable for implementation on battery-operated mobile devices.Mohamed Elgendi, Björn Eskofier, Socrates Dokos, Derek Abbot