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Electrocardiogram is a useful diagnostic signal that can detect cardiac abnormalities by measuring the electrical activity generated by the heart. Due to its rapid, non-invasive, and richly informative characteristics, ECG has many emerging…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Hanhui Deng , Xinglin Li , Jie Luo , Di Wu

With more than 60,000 deaths annually in the United States, Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is among the most fatal cardiovascular diseases. It is caused by an artery blockage in the lung; confirming its presence is time-consuming and is prone to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-14 Sudhir Suman , Gagandeep Singh , Nicole Sakla , Rishabh Gattu , Jeremy Green , Tej Phatak , Dimitris Samaras , Prateek Prasanna

An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a time-series signal that is represented by one-dimensional (1-D) data. Higher dimensional representation contains more information that is accessible for feature extraction. Hidden variables such as frequency…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-04-12 K. S. Rajput , S. Wibowo , C. Hao , M. Majmudar

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of mortality worldwide, highlighting the critical need for efficient and accurate diagnostic tools. Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are indispensable in diagnosing various heart conditions;…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-24 Lei Kang , Xuanshuo Fu , Javier Vazquez-Corral , Ernest Valveny , Dimosthenis Karatzas

The main objective of this work is to utilize state-of-the-art deep learning approaches for the identification of pulmonary embolism in CTPA-Scans for COVID-19 patients, provide an initial assessment of their performance and, ultimately,…

Label ambiguity is an inherent problem in real-world electrocardiogram (ECG) diagnosis, arising from overlapping conditions and diagnostic disagreement. However, current ECG models are trained under the assumption of clean and non-ambiguous…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-15 Sana Rahmani , Javad Hashemi , Ali Etemad

With the development of deep learning-based methods, automated classification of electrocardiograms (ECGs) has recently gained much attention. Although the effectiveness of deep neural networks has been encouraging, the lack of information…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-02 Wenrui Zhang , Xinxin Di , Guodong Wei , Shijia Geng , Zhaoji Fu , Shenda Hong

The introduction of deep learning and transfer learning techniques in fields such as computer vision allowed a leap forward in the accuracy of image classification tasks. Currently there is only limited use of such techniques in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-03 Axel Uran , Coert van Gemeren , Rosanne van Diepen , Ricardo Chavarriaga , José del R. Millán

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

Cardiovascular disease remains a significant problem in modern society. Among non-invasive techniques, the electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most reliable methods for detecting abnormalities in cardiac activities. However, ECG…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-22 Huy Pham , Konstantin Egorov , Alexey Kazakov , Semen Budennyy

Cardiac disease is the leading cause of death in the US. Accurate heart disease detection is of critical importance for timely medical treatment to save patients' lives. Routine use of electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most common method for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-21 Zekai Wang , Stavros Stavrakis , Bing Yao

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition where rapid and accurate diagnosis is imperative yet difficult due to predominantly atypical symptomatology. Computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is acknowledged as the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Bizhe Bai , Yan-Jie Zhou , Yujian Hu , Tony C. W. Mok , Yilang Xiang , Le Lu , Hongkun Zhang , Minfeng Xu

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is routinely used in hospitals to analyze cardiovascular status and health of an individual. Abnormal heart rhythms can be a precursor to more serious conditions including sudden cardiac death. Classifying…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Neville D. Gai

The classification of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals is crucial for early detection of arrhythmias and other cardiac conditions. However, despite advances in machine learning, many studies fail to follow standardization protocols, leading…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Guilherme Silva , Pedro Silva , Gladston Moreira , Vander Freitas , Jadson Gertrudes , Eduardo Luz

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is an essential non-invasive diagnostic tool for assessing cardiac conditions. Existing automatic interpretation methods suffer from limited generalizability, focusing on a narrow range of cardiac conditions, and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Ruoqi Liu , Yuelin Bai , Xiang Yue , Ping Zhang

In recent years, deep learning has witnessed its blossom in the field of Electrocardiography (ECG) processing, outperforming traditional signal processing methods in various tasks, for example, classification, QRS detection, wave…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Wen Hao , Kang Jingsu

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

Electrocardiography (ECG) signal is a highly applied measurement for individual heart condition, and much effort have been endeavored towards automatic heart arrhythmia diagnosis based on machine learning. However, traditional machine…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-01 Ziyu Liu , Xiang Zhang

Cardiologists use electrocardiograms (ECG) for the detection of arrhythmias. However, continuous monitoring of ECG signals to detect cardiac abnormal-ities requires significant time and human resources. As a result, several deep learning…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-25 JuneYoung Park , Da Young Kim , Yunsoo Kim , Jisu Yoo , Tae Joon Kim

Automated electrocardiogram (ECG) classification is essential for early detection of cardiovascular diseases. While recent approaches have increasingly relied on deep neural networks with complex architectures, we demonstrate that careful…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Naqcho Ali Mehdi , Amir Ali