[Research on intelligent fetal heart monitoring model based on deep active learning].

Journal: Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi
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Abstract

Cardiotocography (CTG) is a non-invasive and important tool for diagnosing fetal distress during pregnancy. To meet the needs of intelligent fetal heart monitoring based on deep learning, this paper proposes a TWD-MOAL deep active learning algorithm based on the three-way decision (TWD) theory and multi-objective optimization Active Learning (MOAL). During the training process of a convolutional neural network (CNN) classification model, the algorithm incorporates the TWD theory to select high-confidence samples as pseudo-labeled samples in a fine-grained batch processing mode, meanwhile low-confidence samples annotated by obstetrics experts were also considered. The TWD-MOAL algorithm proposed in this paper was validated on a dataset of 16 355 prenatal CTG records collected by our group. Experimental results showed that the algorithm proposed in this paper achieved an accuracy of 80.63% using only 40% of the labeled samples, and in terms of various indicators, it performed better than the existing active learning algorithms under other frameworks. The study has shown that the intelligent fetal heart monitoring model based on TWD-MOAL proposed in this paper is reasonable and feasible. The algorithm significantly reduces the time and cost of labeling by obstetric experts and effectively solves the problem of data imbalance in CTG signal data in clinic, which is of great significance for assisting obstetrician in interpretations CTG signals and realizing intelligence fetal monitoring.

Authors

  • Bin Quan
    School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
  • Yajing Huang
    Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
  • Yanfang Li
    Changchun University of Science and Technology, School of Computer Science and Technology, WeiXing Road, Changchun 130022, China.
  • Qinqun Chen
    School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
  • Honglai Zhang
    School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine 510006, China. Electronic address: zhanghl@gzucm.edu.cn.
  • Li Li
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
  • Guiqing Liu
    First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
  • Hang Wei
    Institute of Quality Standards & Testing Technology for Agro-products, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Fujian Key Laboratory of Agro-products Quality and Safety, Fuzhou, 350003, China.