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Interpretable Detection and Location of Myocardial Infarction Based on Ventricular Fusion Rule Features
Wenzhi Zhang1,2, Runchuan Li1,2, Shengya Shen3
1School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
Insights
This study introduces a novel method for accurately detecting myocardial infarction (MI) using electrocardiogram (ECG) data. Combining rule-based and ventricular activity features with XGBoost achieved 99.86% accuracy, aiding clinical decisions.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Machine Learning in Healthcare
Background:
- Myocardial infarction (MI) is a leading cause of death globally.
- Accurate and interpretable MI detection is crucial for timely clinical intervention.
- Electrocardiograms (ECG) are a primary diagnostic tool for MI, but interpretation can be complex.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an accurate and interpretable classification method for myocardial infarction detection.
- To integrate rule-based ECG features with ventricular activity features for improved diagnostic performance.
- To evaluate the efficacy of dimensionality reduction techniques on ventricular activity features.
Main Methods:
- Extracted rule features from ECG components (Q wave, ST segment, T wave) based on clinical MI criteria.
- Utilized all QT segment samples as ventricular activity features.
- Compared Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Locality Preserving Projections (LPP) for ventricular feature dimensionality reduction.
- Fused rule and processed ventricular features into a comprehensive feature vector.
- Employed eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) for MI classification.
Main Results:
- Achieved an overall accuracy rate of 99.86% on the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) database.
- Demonstrated the effectiveness of combining rule-based and ventricular activity features.
- Validated the performance of feature extraction and fusion techniques.
Conclusions:
- The proposed method offers a highly accurate and interpretable approach to myocardial infarction detection.
- The integration of clinical rule features and advanced signal processing enhances diagnostic capabilities.
- This approach holds significant potential for improving clinical decision-making in cardiology.
Abstract:
Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases threatening human life. In order to accurately distinguish myocardial infarction and have a good interpretability, the classification method that combines rule features and ventricular activity features is proposed in this paper. Specifically, according to the clinical diagnosis rule and the pathological changes of myocardial infarction on the electrocardiogram, the local information extracted from the Q wave, ST segment, and T wave is computed as the rule feature. All samples of the QT segment are extracted as ventricular activity features. Then, in order to reduce the computational complexity of the ventricular activity features, the effects of Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Locality Preserving Projections (LPP) on the extracted ventricular activity features are compared. Combining rule features and ventricular activity features, all the 12 leads features are fused as the ultimate feature vector. Finally, eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) is used to identify myocardial infarction, and the overall accuracy rate of 99.86% is obtained on the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) database. This method has a good medical diagnosis basis while improving the accuracy, which is very important for clinical decision-making.
