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A method for the automatic processing of the electrocardiogram (ECG) for the classification of heartbeats is presented. The method allocates manually detected heartbeats to one of the five beat classes recommended by ANSI/AAMI EC57:1998 standard, i.e., normal beat, ventricular ectopic beat (VEB), supraventricular ectopic beat (SVEB), fusion of a normal and a VEB, or unknown beat type. Data was obtained from the 44 nonpacemaker recordings of the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. The data was split into two datasets with each dataset containing approximately 50 000 beats from 22 recordings. The first dataset was used to select a classifier configuration from candidate configurations. Twelve configurations processing feature sets derived from two ECG leads were compared. Feature sets were based on ECG morphology, heartbeat intervals, and RR-intervals. All configurations adopted a statistical classifier model utilizing supervised learning. The second dataset was used to provide an independent performance assessment of the selected configuration. This assessment resulted in a sensitivity of 75.9%, a positive predictivity of 38.5%, and a false positive rate of 4.7% for the SVEB class. For the VEB class, the sensitivity was 77.7%, the positive predictivity was 81.9%, and the false positive rate was 1.2%. These results are an improvement on previously reported results for automated heartbeat classification systems.

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Automatic classification of heartbeats using ECG morphology and heartbeat interval features

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ECG-based heartbeat classification for arrhythmia detection

Neural networks

ECG beat classification using PCA, LDA, ICA and Discrete Wavelet Transform

Presents the application of the fuzzy neural network for electrocardiographic (ECG) beat recognition and classification. The new classification algorithm of the ECG beats, applying the fuzzy hybrid neural network and the features drawn from the higher order statistics has been proposed in the paper. The cumulants of the second, third, and fourth orders have been used for the feature selection. The hybrid fuzzy neural network applied in the solution consists of the fuzzy self-organizing subnetwork connected in cascade with the multilayer perceptron, working as the final classifier. The c-means and Gustafson-Kessel algorithms for the self-organization of the neural network have been applied. The results of experiments of recognition of different types of beats on the basis of the ECG waveforms have confirmed good efficiency of the proposed solution. The investigations show that the method may find practical application in the recognition and classification of different type heart beats.

ECG beat recognition using fuzzy hybrid neural network

This paper presents a neuro-fuzzy approach to the recognition and classification of heart rhythms on the basis of ECG waveforms. The important part in recognition fulfills the Hermite characterization of the QRS complexes. The Hermite coefficients serve as the features of the process. These features are applied to a fuzzy neural network for recognition. The results of numerical experiments have confirmed very good performance of such a solution.

On-line heart beat recognition using Hermite polynomials and neuro-fuzzy network

The paper presents the neuro-fuzzy approach to the recognition and classification of heart rhythms on the basis of ECG waveforms. The important part in recognition fulfills the Hermite characterization of the QRS complexes. The Hermite coefficients serve as the features of the process. These features are applied to the fuzzy neural network for the recognition. The results of numerical experiments have confirmed the very good performance of such a solution.

On-line heart beat recognition using hermite polynomials and neuro-fuzzy network

The neuro-fuzzy network applying Takagi-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) fuzzy reasoning for the calibration of the semiconductor sensor array is developed in this paper. The structure, as well as the learning algorithm of the neuro-fuzzy network, is presented and tested on the example of estimation of the concentration of gas components in the gaseous mixture (so-called artificial nose problem). The results of numerical experiments are presented and discussed.

Neuro-fuzzy TSK network for calibration of semiconductor sensor array for gas measurements

This paper presents the neuro-fuzzy Takagi-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) network for the recognition and classification of flavor. The important role in this process fulfills the self-organizing process used for the creation of the inference rules. The self-organizing neurons perform the role of clustering data into fuzzy groups with different membership values (the preprocessing stage). Applying the automatic control of clusters, we have the optimal size of the TSK network. The developed measuring system has been applied for the recognition of flavor of different brands of beer. The fuzzy neural network is used for processing signals obtained from the semiconductor sensor array. The results of numerical experiments have confirmed the excellent performance of such solutions.

T.H. Linh

Papers

ECG beat recognition using fuzzy hybrid neural network

On-line heart beat recognition using Hermite polynomials and neuro-fuzzy network

On-line heart beat recognition using hermite polynomials and neuro-fuzzy network

Neuro-fuzzy TSK network for calibration of semiconductor sensor array for gas measurements

Neuro-fuzzy network for flavor recognition and classification