Identification of cardiovascular diseases through ECG classification using wavelet transformation

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Autori principali: Maleki, Morteza, Haeri, Foad
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author Maleki, Morteza
Haeri, Foad
author_facet Maleki, Morteza
Haeri, Foad
contents Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating advancements in diagnostic techniques. This study explores the application of wavelet transformation for classifying electrocardiogram (ECG) signals to identify various cardiovascular conditions. Utilizing the MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database, we employed both continuous and discrete wavelet transforms to decompose ECG signals into frequency sub-bands, from which we extracted eight statistical features per band. These features were then used to train and test various classifiers, including K-Nearest Neighbors and Support Vector Machines, among others. The classifiers demonstrated high efficacy, with some achieving an accuracy of up to 96% on test data, suggesting that wavelet-based feature extraction significantly enhances the prediction of cardiovascular abnormalities in ECG data. The findings advocate for further exploration of wavelet transforms in medical diagnostics to improve automation and accuracy in disease detection. Future work will focus on optimizing feature selection and classifier parameters to refine predictive performance further.
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spellingShingle Identification of cardiovascular diseases through ECG classification using wavelet transformation
Maleki, Morteza
Haeri, Foad
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating advancements in diagnostic techniques. This study explores the application of wavelet transformation for classifying electrocardiogram (ECG) signals to identify various cardiovascular conditions. Utilizing the MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database, we employed both continuous and discrete wavelet transforms to decompose ECG signals into frequency sub-bands, from which we extracted eight statistical features per band. These features were then used to train and test various classifiers, including K-Nearest Neighbors and Support Vector Machines, among others. The classifiers demonstrated high efficacy, with some achieving an accuracy of up to 96% on test data, suggesting that wavelet-based feature extraction significantly enhances the prediction of cardiovascular abnormalities in ECG data. The findings advocate for further exploration of wavelet transforms in medical diagnostics to improve automation and accuracy in disease detection. Future work will focus on optimizing feature selection and classifier parameters to refine predictive performance further.
title Identification of cardiovascular diseases through ECG classification using wavelet transformation
topic Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09393