ECG Heartbeat Classification Based on an Improved ResNet-18 Model.

Journal: Computational and mathematical methods in medicine
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Abstract

Based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) approach, this article proposes an improved ResNet-18 model for heartbeat classification of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals through appropriate model training and parameter adjustment. Due to the unique residual structure of the model, the utilized CNN layered structure can be deepened in order to achieve better classification performance. The results of applying the proposed model to the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database demonstrate that the model achieves higher accuracy (96.50%) compared to other state-of-the-art classification models, while specifically for the ventricular ectopic heartbeat class, its sensitivity is 93.83% and the precision is 97.44%.

Authors

  • Enbiao Jing
    College of Artificial Intelligence, North China University of Science and Technology, China.
  • Haiyang Zhang
    Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, UK.
  • Zhigang Li
    Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei 230036 PR China liuyong@aiofm.ac.cn zhanglong@aiofm.ac.cn wangchongwen1987@126.com.
  • Yazhi Liu
    College of Artificial Intelligence, North China University of Science and Technology, China.
  • Zhanlin Ji
    College of Artificial Intelligence, North China University of Science and Technology, China.
  • Ivan Ganchev
    Telecommunications Research Centre (TRC), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.