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While Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) show promising performance in automated electrocardiogram interpretation, it remains unclear whether they genuinely perform actual step-by-step reasoning or just rely on superficial visual…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Jungwoo Oh , Hyunseung Chung , Junhee Lee , Min-Gyu Kim , Hangyul Yoon , Ki Seong Lee , Youngchae Lee , Muhan Yeo , Edward Choi

Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring is one of the most powerful technique of cardiovascular disease (CVD) early identification, and the introduction of intelligent wearable ECG devices has enabled daily monitoring. However, due to the need…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-08 Hongxiang Gao , Xingyao Wang , Zhenghua Chen , Min Wu , Jianqing Li , Chengyu Liu

The alarmingly high mortality rate and increasing global prevalence of cardiovascular diseases signify the crucial need for early detection schemes. Phonocardiogram (PCG) signals have been historically applied in this domain owing to its…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-09 Samiul Based Shuvo , Shams Nafisa Ali , Soham Irtiza Swapnil , Mabrook S. Al-Rakhami , Abdu Gumaei

An electrocardiogram (ECG) captures the heart's electrical signal to assess various heart conditions. In practice, ECG data is stored as either digitized signals or printed images. Despite the emergence of numerous deep learning models for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Ju-Hyeon Nam , Seo-Hyung Park , Su Jung Kim , Sang-Chul Lee

Automated analysis of 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) plays a crucial role in the early screening and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). In practice, it is common to see multiple co-occurring cardiac disorders, i.e., multi-label…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-07 Eedara Prabhakararao , Samarendra Dandapt

Electrocardiogram (ECG) delineation, the segmentation of meaningful waveform features, is critical for clinical diagnosis. Despite recent advances using deep learning, progress has been limited by the scarcity of publicly available…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Minje Park , Jeonghwa Lim , Taehyung Yu , Sunghoon Joo

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

This work presents xEEGNet, a novel, compact, and explainable neural network for EEG data analysis. It is fully interpretable and reduces overfitting through major parameter reduction. As an applicative use case, we focused on classifying…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Andrea Zanola , Louis Fabrice Tshimanga , Federico Del Pup , Marco Baiesi , Manfredo Atzori

In the field of automatic Electrocardiogram (ECG) diagnosis, due to the relatively limited amount of labeled data, how to build a robust ECG pretrained model based on unlabeled data is a key area of focus for researchers. Recent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Xiaoyu Sun , Yang Yang , Xunde Dong

Objective: Electrocardiograms (ECGs) play a crucial role in diagnosing heart conditions; however, the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI)-based ECG analysis is often hindered by the limited availability of labeled data.…

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

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

Timely access to laboratory values is critical for clinical decision-making, yet current approaches rely on invasive venous sampling and are intrinsically delayed. Electrocardiography (ECG), as a non-invasive and widely available signal,…

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The emergence of deep learning networks raises a need for explainable AI so that users and domain experts can be confident applying them to high-risk decisions. In this paper, we leverage data from the latent space induced by deep learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Alan H. Gee , Diego Garcia-Olano , Joydeep Ghosh , David Paydarfar

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a key diagnostic tool in cardiovascular health. Single-lead ECG recording is integrated into both clinical-grade and consumer wearables. While self-supervised pretraining of foundation models on unlabeled ECGs…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Yuxuan Shu , Peter H. Charlton , Fahim Kawsar , Jussi Hernesniemi , Mohammad Malekzadeh

The presence of interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings is a critical biomarker of epilepsy. Even trained neurologists find detecting IEDs difficult, leading many practitioners to turn to machine…

Objectives: With the technological advancements in the field of tele-health monitoring, it is now possible to gather huge amounts of electro-physiological signals such as electrocardiogram (ECG). It is therefore necessary to develop…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Abdolrahman Peimankar , Sadasivan Puthusserypady

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

Electrocardiogram (ECG) arrhythmia classification remains challenging due to signal variability, noise, limited labeled data, and the difficulty in achieving both accuracy and efficiency in models. While self-supervised learning reduces…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Mahsa Gazeran , Sayvan Soleymanbaigi , Fatemeh Daneshfar , Amjad Seyedi , Fardin Akhlaghian Tab

One of the major challenges in machine learning nowadays is to provide predictions with not only high accuracy but also user-friendly explanations. Although in recent years we have witnessed increasingly popular use of deep neural networks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-24 Yao Ming , Panpan Xu , Huamin Qu , Liu Ren