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LSTM Neural Network for Beat Classification in ECG Identity Recognition
Xin Liu1,*, Yujuan Si1,2, Di Wang1
1 College of Communication Engineering, Jilin University, No. 2699, Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
2 Zhuhai College of Jilin University, Jinwancaotang, Zhuhai 519041, P. R. China
* Corresponding Author: Xin Liu,
Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing 2020, 26(2), 341-351. https://doi.org/10.31209/2019.100000104
Abstract
As a biological signal existing in the human living body, the electrocardiogram
(ECG) contains abundantly personal information and fulfils the basic
characteristics of identity recognition. It has been widely used in the field of
individual identification research in recent years. The common process of
identity recognition includes three steps: ECG signals preprocessing, feature
extraction and processing, beat classification recognition. However, the existing
ECG classification models are sensitive to limitations of database type and
extracted features dimension, which makes classification accuracy difficult to
improve and cannot meet the needs of practical applications. To tackle the
problem, this paper proposes to build an ECG individual recognition model
based on a deep Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network. The LSTM
network model has a memory cell and, therefore, it is an expert in handling
long time ECG signals. With deeper learning, the nonlinear expression ability of
the ECG beat classification model is gradually enhancing. The paper adopts two
stacked LSTM models as hidden layers in the neural network; the Softmax layer
is used as a classification layer to identify an individual. Then, low -level
morphological features and deep-level chaotic features (Lyapunov exponent)
are extracted to verify the feasibility of the deep LSTM network for
classification. The model is respectively applied to a healthy human database
and a human with a heart disease database. Experimental results show that
extracting simple low-level features and chaotic features both achieve better
classification performance. So, the robustness of the LSTM classification model
is verified.
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Cite This Article
X. Liu, Y. Si and D. Wang, "Lstm neural network for beat classification in ecg identity recognition,"
Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, vol. 26, no.2, pp. 341–351, 2020. https://doi.org/10.31209/2019.100000104