Amita U. Dessai^*, Hassanali G. Virani

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.48, No.5, pp. 1193-1211, 2024, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.052710

Abstract Emotion recognition is a growing field that has numerous applications in smart healthcare systems and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). However, physical methods of emotion recognition such as facial expressions, voice, and text data, do not always indicate true emotions, as users can falsify them. Among the physiological methods of emotion detection, Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a reliable and efficient way of detecting emotions. ECG-enabled smart bands have proven effective in collecting emotional data in uncontrolled environments. Researchers use deep machine learning techniques for emotion recognition using ECG signals, but there is a need to develop efficient models… More >

Batyrkhan Omarov^1,2,*, Meirzhan Baikuvekov¹, Daniyar Sultan¹, Nurzhan Mukazhanov³, Madina Suleimenova², Maigul Zhekambayeva³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.80, No.1, pp. 341-359, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.052437

Abstract This research introduces an innovative ensemble approach, combining Deep Residual Networks (ResNets) and Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Units (BiGRU), augmented with an Attention Mechanism, for the classification of heart arrhythmias. The escalating prevalence of cardiovascular diseases necessitates advanced diagnostic tools to enhance accuracy and efficiency. The model leverages the deep hierarchical feature extraction capabilities of ResNets, which are adept at identifying intricate patterns within electrocardiogram (ECG) data, while BiGRU layers capture the temporal dynamics essential for understanding the sequential nature of ECG signals. The integration of an Attention Mechanism refines the model’s focus on critical segments… More >

Muhammad Sohail Irshad^1,2,*, Tehreem Masood^1,2, Arfan Jaffar^1,2, Muhammad Rashid³, Sheeraz Akram^1,2,4,*, Abeer Aljohani⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.3, pp. 4805-4824, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.050931

Abstract The application of deep learning techniques in the medical field, specifically for Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) detection through Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, has witnessed significant interest. Accurate and timely diagnosis increases the patient’s chances of recovery. However, issues like overfitting and inconsistent accuracy across datasets remain challenges. In a quest to address these challenges, a study presents two prominent deep learning architectures, ResNet-50 and DenseNet-121, to evaluate their effectiveness in AFib detection. The aim was to create a robust detection mechanism that consistently performs well. Metrics such as loss, accuracy, precision, sensitivity, and Area Under the Curve… More >

Maie Aboghazalah^1,*, Passent El-kafrawy², Abdelmoty M. Ahmed³, Rasha Elnemr⁵, Belgacem Bouallegue³, Ayman El-sayed⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.3, pp. 3855-3875, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.039936

Abstract Heart monitoring improves life quality. Electrocardiograms (ECGs or EKGs) detect heart irregularities. Machine learning algorithms can create a few ECG diagnosis processing methods. The first method uses raw ECG and time-series data. The second method classifies the ECG by patient experience. The third technique translates ECG impulses into Q waves, R waves and S waves (QRS) features using richer information. Because ECG signals vary naturally between humans and activities, we will combine the three feature selection methods to improve classification accuracy and diagnosis. Classifications using all three approaches have not been examined till now. Several More >

Dengyong Zhang^1,2, Minzhi Yuan^1,2, Feng Li^1,2, Lebing Zhang^3,*, Yanqiang Sun⁴, Yiming Ling⁵

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.138, No.3, pp. 2809-2824, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.029181

Abstract Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is one of the noninvasive physiological measurement techniques commonly used in cardiac diagnosis. However, in real scenarios, the ECG signal is susceptible to various noise erosion, which affects the subsequent pathological analysis. Therefore, the effective removal of the noise from ECG signals has become a top priority in cardiac diagnostic research. Aiming at the problem of incomplete signal shape retention and low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) after denoising, a novel ECG denoising network, named attention-based residual dense shrinkage network (ARDSN), is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the shallow ECG characteristics are extracted by More >

Muhammad Aleem Raza¹, Muhammad Anwar², Kashif Nisar³, Ag. Asri Ag. Ibrahim^3,*, Usman Ahmed Raza¹, Sadiq Ali Khan⁴, Fahad Ahmad⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.77, No.3, pp. 3817-3834, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.032275

Abstract With the help of computer-aided diagnostic systems, cardiovascular diseases can be identified timely manner to minimize the mortality rate of patients suffering from cardiac disease. However, the early diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmia is one of the most challenging tasks. The manual analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG) data with the help of the Holter monitor is challenging. Currently, the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is receiving considerable attention from researchers for automatically identifying ECG signals. This paper proposes a 9-layer-based CNN model to classify the ECG signals into five primary categories according to the American National Standards Institute More >

Premanand S., Sathiya Narayanan^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.77, No.1, pp. 25-45, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.042590

Abstract Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) technologies are revolutionizing the medical domain, especially with Electrocardiogram (ECG), by providing new tools and techniques for diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases. However, DL architectures are computationally more demanding. In recent years, researchers have focused on combining the computationally less intensive portion of the DL architectures with ML approaches, say for example, combining the convolutional layer blocks of Convolution Neural Networks (CNNs) into ML algorithms such as Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) resulting in CNN-XGBoost and CNN-KNN, respectively. However, these approaches are homogenous in the… More >

Maryam Bukhari¹, Sadaf Yasmin¹, Sheneela Naz², Mehr Yahya Durrani¹, Mubashir Javaid³, Jihoon Moon⁴, Seungmin Rho^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.77, No.1, pp. 1251-1279, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.040329

Abstract Effective smart healthcare frameworks contain novel and emerging solutions for remote disease diagnostics, which aid in the prevention of several diseases including heart-related abnormalities. In this context, regular monitoring of cardiac patients through smart healthcare systems based on Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals has the potential to save many lives. In existing studies, several heart disease diagnostic systems are proposed by employing different state-of-the-art methods, however, improving such methods is always an intriguing area of research. Hence, in this research, a smart healthcare system is proposed for the diagnosis of heart disease using ECG signals. The proposed… More >

Madallah Alruwaili^1,*, Muhammad Hameed Siddiqi¹, Kamran Farid², Mohammad Azad¹, Saad Alanazi¹, Asfandyar Khan², Abdullah Khan²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 2293-2311, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.040312

Abstract Numerous types of research on healthcare monitoring systems have been conducted for calculating heart rate, ECG, nasal/oral airflow, temperature, light sensor, and fall detection sensor. Different researchers have done different work in the field of health monitoring with sensor networks. Different researchers used built-in apps, such as some used a small number of parameters, while some other studies used more than one microcontroller and used senders and receivers among the microcontrollers to communicate, and outdated tools for study development. While no efficient, cheap, and updated work is proposed in the field of sensor-based health monitoring… More >

Muhammad Tayyeb¹, Muhammad Umer¹, Khaled Alnowaiser², Saima Sadiq³, Ala’ Abdulmajid Eshmawi⁴, Rizwan Majeed⁵, Abdullah Mohamed⁶, Houbing Song⁷, Imran Ashraf^8,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.2, pp. 1677-1694, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.026535

Abstract Cardiovascular problems have become the predominant cause of death worldwide and a rise in the number of patients has been observed lately. Currently, electrocardiogram (ECG) data is analyzed by medical experts to determine the cardiac abnormality, which is time-consuming. In addition, the diagnosis requires experienced medical experts and is error-prone. However, automated identification of cardiovascular disease using ECGs is a challenging problem and state-of-the-art performance has been attained by complex deep learning architectures. This study proposes a simple multilayer perceptron (MLP) model for heart disease prediction to reduce computational complexity. ECG dataset containing averaged signals More >