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The Application of Neural Networks in the Classification of the Electrocardiogram

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Computational Intelligence Processing in Medical Diagnosis

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 96))

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The introduction of computers to assist with classification of the Electrocardiogram (ECG) is considered to be one of the earliest instances of computers in medicine. Over the past 4 decades, since its inception, research techniques in the given field have proliferated. Approaches adopted have included the use of rule based approaches such as Decision Trees, Fuzzy Logic and Expert Systems, to the use of Multivariate Statistical Analysis. The past decade has seen the approach of Neural Networks (NNs) being not only employed in the field, but a very popular and successful approach in comparison with the aforementioned techniques.

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    Manfred Schmitt

  2. Romanian Academy, Calea Victoriei 125, Bucharest, Romania

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  3. The Queens Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville Road, 5011, Woodville, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Nugent, C.D., Lopez, J.A., Black, N.D., Webb, J.A.C. (2002). The Application of Neural Networks in the Classification of the Electrocardiogram. In: Schmitt, M., Teodorescu, HN., Jain, A., Jain, A., Jain, S., Jain, L.C. (eds) Computational Intelligence Processing in Medical Diagnosis. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 96. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1788-1_9

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