@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/915,
	  title     = {A Trainable Neural Network Ensemble for ECG Beat Classification},
	  author    = {Atena Sajedin and  Shokoufeh Zakernejad and  Soheil Faridi and  Mehrdad Javadi and  Reza Ebrahimpour},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {This paper illustrates the use of a combined neural
network model for classification of electrocardiogram (ECG) beats.
We present a trainable neural network ensemble approach to develop
customized electrocardiogram beat classifier in an effort to further
improve the performance of ECG processing and to offer
individualized health care.
We process a three stage technique for detection of premature
ventricular contraction (PVC) from normal beats and other heart
diseases. This method includes a denoising, a feature extraction and a
classification. At first we investigate the application of stationary
wavelet transform (SWT) for noise reduction of the
electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Then feature extraction module
extracts 10 ECG morphological features and one timing interval
feature. Then a number of multilayer perceptrons (MLPs) neural
networks with different topologies are designed.
The performance of the different combination methods as well as
the efficiency of the whole system is presented. Among them,
Stacked Generalization as a proposed trainable combined neural
network model possesses the highest recognition rate of around 95%.
Therefore, this network proves to be a suitable candidate in ECG
signal diagnosis systems. ECG samples attributing to the different
ECG beat types were extracted from the MIT-BIH arrhythmia
database for the study.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering},
	  volume    = {4},
	  number    = {9},
	  year      = {2010},
	  pages     = {479 - 485},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/915},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/45},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 45, 2010},
	}