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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…

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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

The electrocardiogram (ECG) remains a fundamental tool in cardiac diagnostics, yet its interpretation traditionally reliant on the expertise of cardiologists. The emergence of deep learning has heralded a revolutionary era in medical data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-13 Cheng Ding , Tianliang Yao , Chenwei Wu , Jianyuan Ni

In the medical field, current ECG signal analysis approaches rely on supervised deep neural networks trained for specific tasks that require substantial amounts of labeled data. However, our paper introduces ECGBERT, a self-supervised…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-13 Seokmin Choi , Sajad Mousavi , Phillip Si , Haben G. Yhdego , Fatemeh Khadem , Fatemeh Afghah

Background:The electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most commonly used diagnostic tools in medicine and healthcare. Deep learning methods have achieved promising results on predictive healthcare tasks using ECG signals. Objective:This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-04 Shenda Hong , Yuxi Zhou , Junyuan Shang , Cao Xiao , Jimeng Sun

Ejection fraction (EF) is a crucial metric for assessing cardiac function and diagnosing conditions such as heart failure. Traditionally, EF estimation requires manual tracing and domain expertise, making the process time-consuming and…

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The classification of electrocardiogram (ECG) plays a crucial role in the development of an automatic cardiovascular diagnostic system. However, considerable variances in ECG signals between individuals is a significant challenge. Changes…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-08 Md Niaz Imtiaz , Naimul Khan

An essential part for the accurate classification of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals is the extraction of informative yet general features, which are able to discriminate diseases. Cardiovascular abnormalities manifest themselves in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-11 Maximilian P Oppelt , Maximilian Riehl , Felix P Kemeth , Jan Steffan

Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation requires specialized expertise, often involving synthesizing insights from ECG signals with complex clinical queries posed in natural language. The scarcity of labeled ECG data coupled with the diverse…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-09 Jialu Tang , Tong Xia , Yuan Lu , Cecilia Mascolo , Aaqib Saeed

The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a fundamental tool in cardiovascular diagnostics due to its powerful and non-invasive nature. One of the most critical usages is to determine whether more detailed examinations are necessary, with users…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Junichiro Takahashi , JingChuan Guan , Masataka Sato , Kaito Baba , Kazuto Haruguchi , Daichi Nagashima , Satoshi Kodera , Norihiko Takeda

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

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

In the evolving landscape of ECG signal analysis, the challenge of limited transparency in machine learning models remains a significant barrier to their effective integration into clinical practice. This study addresses this issue by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-09 Toygar Tanyel , Sezgin Atmaca , Kaan Gökçe , M. Yiğit Balık , Arda Güler , Emre Aslanger , İlkay Öksüz

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI) has the potential to enhance the transparency and trust of AI-based systems. Although accurate predictions can be made using Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), the process used to arrive at such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Bhushan Atote , Victor Sanchez

The rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence, specifically Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), have opened new prospects in medical sciences for improved diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of severe health conditions. This…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Atit Pokharel , Shashank Dahal , Pratik Sapkota , Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri

Clinical 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) is one of the most widely encountered kinds of biosignals. Despite the increased availability of public ECG datasets, label scarcity remains a central challenge in the field. Self-supervised…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-05 Temesgen Mehari , Nils Strodthoff

Electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings have long been vital in diagnosing different cardiac conditions. Recently, research in the field of automatic ECG processing using machine learning methods has gained importance, mainly by utilizing deep…

This study introduces a WaveNet-based deep learning model designed to automate the classification of intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) signals into physiological activity, pathological (epileptic) activity, power-line noise, and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Casper van Laar , Khubaib Ahmed

When we are faced with challenging image classification tasks, we often explain our reasoning by dissecting the image, and pointing out prototypical aspects of one class or another. The mounting evidence for each of the classes helps us…

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