A Patient-Adapting Heartbeat Classifier Using ECG Morphology and Heartbeat Interval Features

An adaptive system for the automatic processing of the electrocardiogram (ECG) for the classification of heartbeats into one of the five beat classes recommended by ANSI/AAMI EC57:1998 standard is presented. The heartbeat classification system processes an incoming recording with a global-classifier to produce the first set of beat annotations. An expert then validates and if necessary corrects a fraction of the beats of the recording. The system then adapts by first training a local-classifier using the newly annotated beats and combines this with the global-classifier to produce an adapted classification system. The adapted system is then used to update beat annotations. The results of this study show that the performance of a patient adaptable classifier increases with the amount of training of the system on the local record. Crucially, the performance of the system can be significantly boosted with a small amount of adaptation even when all beats used for adaptation are from a single class. This study illustrates the ability to provide highly beneficial automatic arrhythmia monitoring and is an improvement on previously reported results for automated heartbeat classification systems

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