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Cardiovascular diseases are a pervasive global health concern, contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Among these conditions, arrhythmia, characterized by irregular heart rhythms, presents formidable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-25 Bhavith Chandra Challagundla

This paper proposes a framework based on deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for automatic heart sound classification using short-segments of individual heart beats. We design a 1D-CNN that directly learns features from raw…

Sound · Computer Science 2020-04-27 Fuad Noman , Chee-Ming Ting , Sh-Hussain Salleh , Hernando Ombao

Despite their remarkable performance, deep neural networks remain unadopted in clinical practice, which is considered to be partially due to their lack in explainability. In this work, we apply attribution methods to a pre-trained deep…

Automated classification of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals is a useful tool for diagnosing and monitoring cardiovascular diseases. This study compares three traditional machine learning algorithms (Decision Tree Classifier, Random Forest…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Saloni Garg , Ukant Jadia , Amit Sagtani , Kamal Kant Hiran

Deep learning has significantly advanced electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis, enabling automatic annotation, disease screening, and prognosis beyond traditional clinical capabilities. However, understanding these models remains a challenge,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-19 Ahcène Boubekki , Konstantinos Patlatzoglou , Joseph Barker , Fu Siong Ng , Antônio H. Ribeiro

Cardiac arrhythmias are a leading cause of life-threatening cardiac events, highlighting the urgent need for accurate and timely detection. Electrocardiography (ECG) remains the clinical gold standard for arrhythmia diagnosis; however,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Zuraiz Baig , Sidra Nasir , Rizwan Ahmed Khan , Muhammad Zeeshan Ul Haque

Cardiac arrhythmia is a prevalent and significant cause of morbidity and mortality among cardiac ailments. Early diagnosis is crucial in providing intervention for patients suffering from cardiac arrhythmia. Traditionally, diagnosis is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-14 Sricharan Vijayarangan , Balamurali Murugesan , Vignesh R , Preejith SP , Jayaraj Joseph , Mohansankar Sivaprakasam

Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation is essential for diagnosing a wide range of cardiac abnormalities. While deep learning has shown strong potential for automating ECG classification, many existing models rely on large, computationally…

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most crucial monitoring modality to diagnose cardiovascular events. Precise and automatic detection of abnormal ECG patterns is beneficial to both physicians and patients. In the automatic detection of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-10 Naoki Nonaka , Jun Seita

Alterations in the geometry and function of the heart define well-established causes of cardiovascular disease. However, current approaches to the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases often rely on subjective human assessment as well as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Carlo Biffi , Ozan Oktay , Giacomo Tarroni , Wenjia Bai , Antonio De Marvao , Georgia Doumou , Martin Rajchl , Reem Bedair , Sanjay Prasad , Stuart Cook , Declan O'Regan , Daniel Rueckert

Electrocardiogram (ECG) acquisition requires an automated system and analysis pipeline for understanding specific rhythm irregularities. Deep neural networks have become a popular technique for tracing ECG signals, outperforming human…

Objective: A novel structure based on channel-wise attention mechanism is presented in this paper. Embedding with the proposed structure, an efficient classification model that accepts multi-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) as input is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-27 Hao Tung , Chao Zheng , Xinsheng Mao , Dahong Qian

Sudden cardiac death and arrhythmia account for a large percentage of all deaths worldwide. Electrocardiography (ECG) is the most widely used screening tool for cardiovascular diseases. Traditionally, ECG signals are classified manually,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-16 Li Xiaolin , Fang Xiang , Rajesh C. Panicker , Barry Cardiff , Deepu John

In this work, we provide a new formulation for Graph Convolutional Neural Networks (GCNNs) for link prediction on graph data that addresses common challenges for biomedical knowledge graphs (KGs). We introduce a regularized attention…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Daniel Neil , Joss Briody , Alix Lacoste , Aaron Sim , Paidi Creed , Amir Saffari

Deep neural networks (DNN) are a promising tool in medical applications. However, the implementation of complex DNNs on battery-powered devices is challenging due to high energy costs for communication. In this work, a convolutional neural…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-16 Xiu Qi Chang , Ann Feng Chew , Benjamin Chen Ming Choong , Shuhui Wang , Rui Han , Wang He , Li Xiaolin , Rajesh C. Panicker , Deepu John

Deep learning methods based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have shown great potential to improve early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia based on imaging data. However, these methods have yet to be widely…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Wenjie Kang , Lize Jiskoot , Peter De Deyn , Geert Biessels , Huiberdina Koek , Jurgen Claassen , Huub Middelkoop , Wiesje Flier , Willemijn J. Jansen , Stefan Klein , Esther Bron

Graph neural network (GNN) models are increasingly being used for the classification of electroencephalography (EEG) data. However, GNN-based diagnosis of neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), remains a relatively…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-12-21 Dominik Klepl , Fei He , Min Wu , Daniel J. Blackburn , Ptolemaios G. Sarrigiannis

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a widely used reliable, non-invasive approach for cardiovascular disease diagnosis. With the rapid growth of ECG examinations and the insufficiency of cardiologists, accurate and automatic diagnosis of ECG signals…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-21 Dongdong Zhang , Xiaohui Yuan , Ping Zhang

This study proposes an efficient neural network with convolutional layers to classify significantly class-imbalanced clinical data. The data are curated from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) with the goal of…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-04-24 Aniruddha Dutta , Tamal Batabyal , Meheli Basu , Scott T. Acton

The auditory attention decoding (AAD) approach was proposed to determine the identity of the attended talker in a multi-talker scenario by analyzing electroencephalography (EEG) data. Although the linear model-based method has been widely…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-04 Zhen Fu , Bo Wang , Xihong Wu , Jing Chen