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ArticlePloS one2024

Deep learning based ECG segmentation for delineation of diverse arrhythmias.

Chankyu Joung, Mijin Kim, Taejin Paik, Seong-Ho Kong, Seung-Young Oh, Won Kyeong Jeon, Jae-Hu Jeon, Joong-Sik Hong, Wan-Joong Kim, Woong Kook and 2 more

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Chankyu JoungDepartment of Mathematical Sciences and Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Mijin KimDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0009-0003-4329-6016
Taejin PaikDepartment of Mathematical Sciences and Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Seong-Ho KongAI Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Seung-Young OhDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital and Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Won Kyeong JeonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Jae-Hu JeonMedifarmsoft Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
Joong-Sik HongMedifarmsoft Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
Wan-Joong KimMedifarmsoft Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
Woong KookDepartment of Mathematical Sciences and Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Myung-Jin ChaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Otto van KoertDepartment of Mathematical Sciences and Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3596-7524

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Abstract

Accurate delineation of key waveforms in an ECG is a critical step in extracting relevant features to support the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions. Although deep learning based methods using segmentation models to locate P, QRS, and T waves have shown promising results, their ability to handle arrhythmias has not been studied in any detail. In this paper we investigate the effect of arrhythmias on delineation quality and develop strategies to improve performance in such cases. We introduce a U-Net-like segmentation model for ECG delineation with a particular focus on diverse arrhythmias. This is followed by a post-processing algorithm which removes noise and automatically determines the boundaries of P, QRS, and T waves. Our model has been trained on a diverse dataset and evaluated against the LUDB and QTDB datasets to show strong performance, with F1-scores exceeding 99% for QRS and T waves, and over 97% for P waves in the LUDB dataset. Furthermore, we assess various models across a wide array of arrhythmias and observe that models with a strong performance on standard benchmarks may still perform poorly on arrhythmias that are underrepresented in these benchmarks, such as tachycardias. We propose solutions to address this discrepancy.

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AlgorithmsArrhythmias, CardiacDeep LearningElectrocardiographyHumansSignal Processing, Computer-Assisted

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