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In this work we propose a new method for the rhythm classification of short single-lead ECG records, using a set of high-level and clinically meaningful features provided by the abductive interpretation of the records. These features…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-12-09 Tomás Teijeiro , Constantino A. García , Daniel Castro , Paulo Félix

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart muscle disease that appears between the second and forth decade of a patient's life, being responsible for 20% of sudden cardiac deaths before the age of 35. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-07 Vasileios E. Papageorgiou , Thomas Zegkos , Georgios Efthimiadis , George Tsaklidis

Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is the most commonly used non-invasive tool in the assessment of cardiovascular diseases. Segmentation of the ECG signal to locate its constitutive waves, in particular the R-peaks, is a key step in ECG…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-29 Atiyeh Fotoohinasab , Toby Hocking , Fatemeh Afghah

In this paper, we present a novel Image Fusion Model (IFM) for ECG heart-beat classification to overcome the weaknesses of existing machine learning techniques that rely either on manual feature extraction or direct utilization of 1D raw…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-31 Zeeshan Ahmad , Anika Tabassum , Naimul Khan , Ling Guan

In primary diagnosis and analysis of heart defects, an ECG signal plays a significant role. This paper presents a model for the prediction of ventricular tachycardia arrhythmia using noise filtering, a unique set of ECG features, and a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-28 Pampa Howladar , Manodipan Sahoo

Arrhythmia is a cardiovascular disease that manifests irregular heartbeats. In arrhythmia detection, the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is an important diagnostic technique. However, manually evaluating ECG signals is a complicated and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-04 Jindi Lv , Qing Ye , Yanan Sun , Juan Zhao , Jiancheng Lv

Electrocardiogram signals are omnipresent in medicine. A vital aspect in the analysis of this data is the identification and classification of heart beat types which is often done through automated algorithms. Advancements in neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-13 Tom Van Steenkiste , Dirk Deschrijver , Tom Dhaene

Electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis is crucial for diagnosing heart disease, but most self-supervised learning methods treat ECG as a generic time series, overlooking physiologic semantics and rhythm-level structure. Existing contrastive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Xin Wang , Burcu Ozek , Aruna Mohan , Amirhossein Ravari , Or Zilbershot , Fatemeh Afghah

Imbalanced electrocardiogram (ECG) data hampers the efficacy and resilience of algorithms in the automated processing and interpretation of cardiovascular diagnostic information, which in turn impedes deep learning-based ECG classification.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Haijian Shao , Wei Liu , Xing Deng , Daze Lu

Electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis is vital for detecting cardiac abnormalities, yet robust automated classification is challenging due to the complexity and variability of physiological signals. In this work, we investigate transformer-based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-10 Sucheta Ghosh , Zahra Monfared

12-lead ECGs with high sampling frequency are the clinical gold standard for arrhythmia detection, but their short-term, spot-check nature often misses intermittent events. Wearable ECGs enable long-term monitoring but suffer from…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Angelina Yan , Matt L. Sampson , Peter Melchior

Early detection of cardiovascular diseases is crucial for effective treatment and an electrocardiogram (ECG) is pivotal for diagnosis. The accuracy of Deep Learning based methods for ECG signal classification has progressed in recent years…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-12 Likith Reddy , Vivek Talwar , Shanmukh Alle , Raju. S. Bapi , U. Deva Priyakumar

The 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is a commonly used tool for detecting cardiac abnormalities such as atrial fibrillation, blocks, and irregular complexes. For the PhysioNet/CinC 2020 Challenge, we built an algorithm using gradient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-27 Alexander William Wong , Weijie Sun , Sunil Vasu Kalmady , Padma Kaul , Abram Hindle

In this work we search for best practices in pre-processing of Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals in order to train better classifiers for the diagnosis of heart conditions. State of the art machine learning algorithms have achieved remarkable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-16 Amir Salimi , Sunil Vasu Kalmady , Abram Hindle , Osmar Zaiane , Padma Kaul

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain a leading cause of mortality worldwide, underscoring the importance of accurate and scalable diagnostic systems. Electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis is central to detecting cardiac abnormalities, yet…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Md. Sajeebul Islam Sk. , Md Jobayer , Md Mehedi Hasan Shawon , Md. Golam Raibul Alam

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an authoritative source to diagnose and counter critical cardiovascular syndromes such as arrhythmia and myocardial infarction (MI). Current machine learning techniques either depend on manually extracted features…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-22 Zeeshan Ahmad , Anika Tabassum , Ling Guan , Naimul Khan

Cardiovascular disease is a large worldwide healthcare issue; symptoms often present suddenly with minimal warning. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a fast, simple and reliable method of evaluating the health of the heart, by measuring…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-15 Yola Jones , Fani Deligianni , Jeff Dalton

Interpretation of electrocardiography (ECG) signals is required for diagnosing cardiac arrhythmia. Recently, machine learning techniques have been applied for automated computer-aided diagnosis. Machine learning tasks can be divided into…

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an essential signal in monitoring human heart activities. Researchers have achieved promising results in leveraging ECGs in clinical applications with deep learning models. However, the mainstream deep learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-06 Han Yu , Huiyuan Yang , Akane Sano

Heart disease is one of the most common diseases causing morbidity and mortality. Electrocardiogram (ECG) has been widely used for diagnosing heart diseases for its simplicity and non-invasive property. Automatic ECG analyzing technologies…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Yang Liu , Runnan He , Kuanquan Wang , Qince Li , Qiang Sun , Na Zhao , Henggui Zhang