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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital abnormality associated with birth defects in the United States. Despite training efforts and substantial advancement in ultrasound technology over the past years, CHD remains an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-24 Ken C. L. Wong , Elena S. Sinkovskaya , Alfred Z. Abuhamad , Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood

Early identification of abnormal physiological patterns is essential for the timely detection of cardiac disease. This work introduces a hybrid quantum-classical convolutional neural network (QCNN) designed to classify S3 and murmur…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Yasaman Torabi , Shahram Shirani , James P. Reilly

Machine learning methods provide a methodological innovation that can help screen for cardiovascular disease through noninvasive and readily available measurement modalities. Recent investments in using electrocardiogram (ECG) data to…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-05-25 Mitchel J. Colebank

Cardiac auscultation involves expert interpretation of abnormalities in heart sounds using stethoscope. Deep learning based cardiac auscultation is of significant interest to the healthcare community as it can help reducing the burden of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-29 Siddique Latif , Muhammad Usman , Rajib Rana , Junaid Qadir

The generation of high-quality medical time series data is essential for advancing healthcare diagnostics and safeguarding patient privacy. Specifically, synthesizing realistic phonocardiogram (PCG) signals offers significant potential as a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Ainaz Jamshidi , Muhammad Arif , Sabir Ali Kalhoro , Alexander Gelbukh

Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death according to WHO. Phonocardiography (PCG) is a costeffective, non-invasive method suitable for heart monitoring. The main aim of this work is to classify heart sounds into…

Sound · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Reza Yousefi Mashhoor , Ahmad Ayatollahi

Motivation. Phonocardiography can give access to the fetal heart rate as well as direct heart sound data, and is entirely passive, using no radiation of any kind. Approach. We discuss the currently available methods for fetal heart sound…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-16 Kristóf Müller , Janka Hatvani , Márton Áron Goda , Miklós Koller

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading cause of death in today's world and early screening of heart condition plays a crucial role in preventing them. The heart sound signal is one of the primary indicator of heart condition and can…

The classification of the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal has a vital impact on identifying heart-related diseases. This can ensure the premature finding of heart disease and the proper selection of the patient's customized treatment.…

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a vital tool for diagnosing heart diseases. However, many disease patterns are derived from outdated datasets and traditional stepwise algorithms with limited accuracy. This study presents a method for direct…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Oğuzhan Büyüksolak , İlkay Öksüz

Cardiovascular system diseases can be identified by using a specialized diagnostic process utilizing a digital stethoscope. Digital stethoscopes provide phonocardiography (PCG) recordings for further inspection, besides filtering and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-21 Ibrahim Ozkan , Atila Yilmaz

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

Phonocardiogram (PCG) analysis is vital for cardiovascular disease diagnosis, yet the scarcity of labeled pathological data hinders the capability of AI systems. To bridge this, we introduce H-LDM, a Hierarchical Latent Diffusion Model for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Chenyang Xu , Siming Li , Hao Wang

Photoplethysmogram (PPG) is increasingly used to provide monitoring of the cardiovascular system under ambulatory conditions. Wearable devices like smartwatches use PPG to allow long term unobtrusive monitoring of heart rate in free living…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-22 Shyam A , Vignesh Ravichandran , Preejith S. P , Jayaraj Joseph , Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most extensively employed signals used in the diagnosis and prediction of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The ECG signals can capture the heart's rhythmic irregularities, commonly known as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Amin Ullah , Syed M. Anwar , Muhammad Bilal , Raja M Mehmood

The accuracy of coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis is dependent on a variety of factors, including demographic, symptom, and medical examination, ECG, and echocardiography data, among others. In this context, artificial intelligence…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Elham Nasarian , Danial Sharifrazi , Saman Mohsenirad , Kwok Tsui , Roohallah Alizadehsani

Artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiogram (AI-ECG) has shown promise as an inexpensive, ubiquitous, and non-invasive screening tool to detect left ventricular systolic dysfunction in pediatric congenital heart disease. However,…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Yuting Yang , Lorenzo Peracchio , Joshua Mayourian , John K. Triedman , Timothy Miller , William G. La Cava

Heart murmurs provide valuable information about mechanical activity of the heart, which aids in diagnosis of various heart valve diseases. This work does automatic and accurate heart murmur detection from phonocardiogram (PCG) recordings.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-04 Ahmed Patwa , Muhammad Mahboob Ur Rahman , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Healthcare is one of the most important aspects of human life. Heart disease is known to be one of the deadliest diseases which is hampering the lives of many people around the world. Heart disease must be detected early so the loss of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Shadab Hussain , Santosh Kumar Nanda , Susmith Barigidad , Shadab Akhtar , Md Suaib , Niranjan K. Ray

Heart sound auscultation holds significant importance in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease. However, existing methods for Heart Sound Diagnosis (HSD) tasks are predominantly limited to a few fixed categories, framing the HSD task as…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-08-19 Zihan Zhao , Pingjie Wang , Liudan Zhao , Yuchen Yang , Ya Zhang , Kun Sun , Xin Sun , Xin Zhou , Yu Wang , Yanfeng Wang