A Robust Heart Sound Segmentation and Classification Algorithm using Wavelet Decomposition and Spectrogram

This short article summarizes UCL’s entry for the PASCAL Classifying Heart Sounds Challenge. The approach focused on the creation of novel segmentation and classification methods based on wavelet decomposition and spectrogram analysis.

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