scholarly journals KecNet: A Light Neural Network for Arrhythmia Classification Based on Knowledge Reinforcement

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Peng Lu ◽  
Yang Gao ◽  
Hao Xi ◽  
Yabin Zhang ◽  
Chao Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Medical Instrumentation ◽  
Noisy Environments ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Network Bandwidth ◽  
Construction Scheme ◽  
Ecg Data

Acquiring electrocardiographic (ECG) signals and performing arrhythmia classification in mobile device scenarios have the advantages of short response time, almost no network bandwidth consumption, and human resource savings. In recent years, deep neural networks have become a popular method to efficiently and accurately simulate nonlinear patterns of ECG data in a data-driven manner but require more resources. Therefore, it is crucial to design deep learning (DL) algorithms that are more suitable for resource-constrained mobile devices. In this paper, KecNet, a lightweight neural network construction scheme based on domain knowledge, is proposed to model ECG data by effectively leveraging signal analysis and medical knowledge. To evaluate the performance of KecNet, we use the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) protocol and the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database to classify five arrhythmia categories. The result shows that the ACC, SEN, and PRE achieve 99.31%, 99.45%, and 98.78%, respectively. In addition, it also possesses high robustness to noisy environments, low memory usage, and physical interpretability advantages. Benefiting from these advantages, KecNet can be applied in practice, especially wearable and lightweight mobile devices for arrhythmia classification.

scholarly journals MINA: Multilevel Knowledge-Guided Attention for Modeling Electrocardiography Signals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenda Hong ◽  
Cao Xiao ◽  
Tengfei Ma ◽  
Hongyan Li ◽  
Jimeng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Signal Distortion ◽  
Attention Networks ◽  
Attention Model ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Frequency Level ◽  
Noise Contamination ◽  
Ecg Data

Electrocardiography (ECG) signals are commonly used to diagnose various cardiac abnormalities. Recently, deep learning models showed initial success on modeling ECG data, however they are mostly black-box, thus lack interpretability needed for clinical usage. In this work, we propose MultIlevel kNowledge-guided Attention networks (MINA) that predict heart diseases from ECG signals with intuitive explanation aligned with medical knowledge. By extracting multilevel (beat-, rhythm- and frequency-level) domain knowledge features separately, MINA combines the medical knowledge and ECG data via a multilevel attention model, making the learned models highly interpretable. Our experiments showed MINA achieved PR-AUC 0.9436 (outperforming the best baseline by 5.51%) in real world ECG dataset. Finally, MINA also demonstrated robust performance and strong interpretability against signal distortion and noise contamination.

scholarly journals Hybrid prediction method of ECG signals based on VMD, PSR, and RBF neural network

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuying Huang ◽  
Tuanfa Qin ◽  
Limei Wang ◽  
Haibin Wan
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Phase Space ◽  
Delay Time ◽  
Prediction Accuracy ◽  
Rbf Neural Network ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Prediction Methods ◽  
Embedding Dimension ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Ecg Data

Abstract Background: It is significant for doctors and body area networks (BANs) to predict ECG signals accurately. At present, the prediction accuracy of many existing ECG prediction methods is generally low. In order to improve the prediction accuracy of ECG signals in BANs, a hybrid prediction method of ECG signals is proposed in this paper. Methods: The proposed prediction method combines variational mode decomposition (VMD), phase space reconstruction (PSR), and a radial basis function (RBF) neural network. First, the embedding dimension and delay time of PSR are calculated according to the trained set of ECG data. Second, the ECG data are decomposed into several intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). Third, the phase space of each IMF is reconstructed according to the embedding dimension and the delay time. Fourth, an RBF neural network is established and each IMF is predicted by the network. Finally, the prediction results of all IMFs are added to realize the final prediction result. Results: To evaluate the prediction performance of the proposed method, simulation experiments are carried out on ECG data from the MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database. The experimental results show that the prediction index RMSE (root mean square error) of the proposed method is only 10-3 magnitude and that of some traditional prediction methods is 10-2 magnitude.Conclusions: Compared with some traditional prediction methods, the proposed method improves the prediction accuracy of ECG signals obviously.

Detection of Heart Defects using Electrocardiogram (ECG)

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenil Shah ◽  
Mayur Rane ◽  
Dr. Vahid Emamian
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Signal Processing ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Heart Defects ◽  
Healthy Person ◽  
Feature Extraction Method ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Processing Techniques ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg ◽  
Ecg Data

Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are vital to identifying cardiovascular disease. The numerous availability of signal processing and neural networks techniques for processing of ECG signals has inspired us to do research on extracting features of ECG signals to identify different cardiovascular diseases. We distinguish between a healthy person ECG data and person having disease ECG data using signal processing and neural network toolbox in Matlab. The data was downloaded from physiobank. To distinguish normal and abnormal ECG, Neural network is used. Feature extraction method is used to identify heart diseases. The diseases that are identified include Tachycardia, Bradycardia, first- degree Atrioventricular (AV) and a healthy person. Subsequently, ECG signals are very noisy; signal processing techniques are used to remove the noise impurity. The heart rate can be calculated by detecting the distance between R-R intervals of the signal. The algorithm successfully distinguished between normal and abnormal ECG data.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Electrocardiograms for Instantaneous Sleep Potential Determination

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Oluwatosin Ogundare
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Statistical Learning ◽  
Deep Neural Network ◽  
Sleep Onset ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Sleep Research ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Predicted Values ◽  
Ecg Data

Background: The use of electrocardiograms to establish a relationship between the electrical activity of the heart and the intricacies of sleep is explored to propose a method to predict the time before sleep onset. Recorded Electrocardiograms (ECG) from the National Sleep Research Resource (NSRR) database are analyzed to extract the frequency domain characteristics and used to develop statistical learning models to predict the time before sleep onset. This is known as Time to Sleep (TTS) and is presented as a measure of wakefulness known as Sleep Potential (SP). Methods: Recorded ECG signals that encapsulate a progression from stage 0 (Awake) to stage 5 are sampled at 125 Hz. The Heart Rate Variability (HRV) information is derived by extracting a sequence of R peaks from the QRS complexes. A Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of the RR tachogram ensues and features are extracted and used to train the multi-layer neural network. Results: A comparison of the measured vs. predicted values is presented to evaluate the performance of the Deep Neural Network (DNN) in predicting Sleep Potential (SP) values (time before sleep onset) from different points in the ECG derived power spectrum. Conclusion: The research demonstrates a way to generate information on sleep using ECG data which can be provided in real-time from various ambulatory ECG devices. Sleep Potential (SP) values can be very useful in documenting sleep history for better diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. It can also be used in the prevention of sleep-related accidents, especially car wrecks.

Design of Portable Electrocardiograph Monitoring System

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Hua-Ping ◽  
Zhao Jun-Long ◽  
Liu Jun
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
P Wave ◽  
Ecg Monitoring ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Early Warning Mechanism ◽  
Timely Treatment ◽  
Ecg Data

Cardiovascular disease is one of the major diseases that threaten the human health. But the existing electrocardiograph (ECG) monitoring system has many limitations in practical application. In order to monitor ECG in real time, a portable ECG monitoring system based on the Android platform is developed to meet the needs of the public. The system uses BMD101 ECG chip to collect and process ECG signals in the Android system, where data storage and waveform display of ECG data can be realized. The Bluetooth HC-07 module is used for ECG data transmission. The abnormal ECG can be judged by P wave, QRS bandwidth, and RR interval. If abnormal ECG is found, an early warning mechanism will be activated to locate the user’s location in real time and send preset short messages, so that the user can get timely treatment, avoiding dangerous occurrence. The monitoring system is convenient and portable, which brings great convenie to the life of ordinary cardiovascular users.

scholarly journals bCNN-Methylpred: Feature-Based Prediction of RNA Sequence Modification Using Branch Convolutional Neural Network

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1155
Author(s):  
Naeem Islam ◽  
Jaebyung Park
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Feature Space ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Rna Modification ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
Rna Sequence ◽  
Functional Mechanisms

RNA modification is vital to various cellular and biological processes. Among the existing RNA modifications, N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is considered the most important modification owing to its involvement in many biological processes. The prediction of m6A sites is crucial because it can provide a better understanding of their functional mechanisms. In this regard, although experimental methods are useful, they are time consuming. Previously, researchers have attempted to predict m6A sites using computational methods to overcome the limitations of experimental methods. Some of these approaches are based on classical machine-learning techniques that rely on handcrafted features and require domain knowledge, whereas other methods are based on deep learning. However, both methods lack robustness and yield low accuracy. Hence, we develop a branch-based convolutional neural network and a novel RNA sequence representation. The proposed network automatically extracts features from each branch of the designated inputs. Subsequently, these features are concatenated in the feature space to predict the m6A sites. Finally, we conduct experiments using four different species. The proposed approach outperforms existing state-of-the-art methods, achieving accuracies of 94.91%, 94.28%, 88.46%, and 94.8% for the H. sapiens, M. musculus, S. cerevisiae, and A. thaliana datasets, respectively.

scholarly journals Automatic ECG Classification Using Continuous Wavelet Transform and Convolutional Neural Network

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Tao Wang ◽  
Changhua Lu ◽  
Yining Sun ◽  
Mei Yang ◽  
Chun Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Wavelet Transform ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Continuous Wavelet Transform ◽  
Continuous Wavelet ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Ecg Signals ◽  
Rr Interval ◽  
Frequency Components ◽  
Fully Connected

Early detection of arrhythmia and effective treatment can prevent deaths caused by cardiovascular disease (CVD). In clinical practice, the diagnosis is made by checking the electrocardiogram (ECG) beat-by-beat, but this is usually time-consuming and laborious. In the paper, we propose an automatic ECG classification method based on Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). CWT is used to decompose ECG signals to obtain different time-frequency components, and CNN is used to extract features from the 2D-scalogram composed of the above time-frequency components. Considering the surrounding R peak interval (also called RR interval) is also useful for the diagnosis of arrhythmia, four RR interval features are extracted and combined with the CNN features to input into a fully connected layer for ECG classification. By testing in the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database, our method achieves an overall performance of 70.75%, 67.47%, 68.76%, and 98.74% for positive predictive value, sensitivity, F1-score, and accuracy, respectively. Compared with existing methods, the overall F1-score of our method is increased by 4.75~16.85%. Because our method is simple and highly accurate, it can potentially be used as a clinical auxiliary diagnostic tool.

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