Classification of Cardiovascular Arrhythmia Using Deep Learning Techniques: A Review

S. Nithya; M. Mary Shanthi Rani; V. Sivakumar

doi:10.4108/eetpht.10.6421

Authors

S. Nithya Gandhigram Rural Institute
M. Mary Shanthi Rani Gandhigram Rural Institute
V. Sivakumar Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4108/eetpht.10.6421

Keywords:

Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular Disease, CNN, Deep Learning, Electrocardiogram

Abstract

Deep Learning (DL), an offshoot of Machine Learning (ML) has emerged as a powerful and feasible solution for medical image analysis due to advancements in robust computer software and hardware technologies. It plays a key role in Cardiovascular disease (CVD) diagnosis by detecting anomalies in Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Cardiac arrhythmia, which refers to irregular heartbeat, may signal an early symptom of CVD and can lead to fatal outcomes if ignored. Accurate detection of arrhythmia is very challenging even for experts to distinguish between acute and chronic conditions in ECG readings. This triggered the focus of researchers to explore the application of Artificial Intelligence for ECG classification. Traditional machine learning methods use handcrafted features that require domain knowledge. The new era in DL makes the automatic detection of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) possible. In this paper, an exhaustive review of DL-based techniques for ECG classification has been presented. Research findings in this survey indicate the challenges and issues with arrhythmia detection, such as single lead and multiple lead ECG signals, choice of the size of the training data set, and the number of arrhythmia classes, etc. The study also signifies that there is great scope for improving the performance of arrhythmia prediction models by employing hybrid ensemble learning, time series analysis using Recurrent Neural Network architectures and identification of unexplored classes of arrhythmia.

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