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Training Convolutional Neural Networks on Simulated Photoplethysmography Data : Application to Bradycardia and Tachycardia Detection

Sološenko, Andrius ; Paliakaitė, Birutė ; Marozas, Vaidotas and Sörnmo, Leif LU (2022) In Frontiers in Physiology 13.
Abstract

Objective: To develop a method for detection of bradycardia and ventricular tachycardia using the photoplethysmogram (PPG). Approach: The detector is based on a dual-branch convolutional neural network (CNN), whose input is the scalograms of the continuous wavelet transform computed in 5-s segments. Training and validation of the CNN is accomplished using simulated PPG signals generated from RR interval series extracted from public ECG databases. Manually annotated real PPG signals from the PhysioNet/CinC 2015 Challenge Database are used for performance evaluation. The performance is compared to that of a pulse-based reference detector. Results: The sensitivity/specificity were found to be 98.1%/97.9 and 76.6%/96.8% for the CNN-based... (More)

Objective: To develop a method for detection of bradycardia and ventricular tachycardia using the photoplethysmogram (PPG). Approach: The detector is based on a dual-branch convolutional neural network (CNN), whose input is the scalograms of the continuous wavelet transform computed in 5-s segments. Training and validation of the CNN is accomplished using simulated PPG signals generated from RR interval series extracted from public ECG databases. Manually annotated real PPG signals from the PhysioNet/CinC 2015 Challenge Database are used for performance evaluation. The performance is compared to that of a pulse-based reference detector. Results: The sensitivity/specificity were found to be 98.1%/97.9 and 76.6%/96.8% for the CNN-based detector, respectively, whereas the corresponding results for the pulse-based detector were 94.7%/99.8 and 67.1%/93.8%, respectively. Significance: The proposed detector may be useful for continuous, long-term monitoring of bradycardia and tachycardia using wearable devices, e.g., wrist-worn devices, especially in situations where sensitivity is favored over specificity. The study demonstrates that simulated PPG signals are suitable for training and validation of a CNN.

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bradycardia, convolutional neural networks, detection, photoplethysmogram, simulated signals, tachycardia
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Frontiers in Physiology
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928098
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Frontiers Media S. A.
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10.3389/fphys.2022.928098
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  author       = {{Sološenko, Andrius and Paliakaitė, Birutė and Marozas, Vaidotas and Sörnmo, Leif}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Frontiers Media S. A.}},
  series       = {{Frontiers in Physiology}},
  title        = {{Training Convolutional Neural Networks on Simulated Photoplethysmography Data : Application to Bradycardia and Tachycardia Detection}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.928098}},
  doi          = {{10.3389/fphys.2022.928098}},
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