Heart diseases constitute a global health burden, and the problem is exacerbated by the error-prone nature of listening to and interpreting heart sounds. This motivates the development of automated classification to screen for abnormal heart sounds. Existing machine learning-based systems achieve accurate classificatio…
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A new method classifies heart sounds using i-vectors and machine learning.
problem Heart sound classification for disease diagnostics.
method Extract i-vectors from MFCC features, apply PCA and VAE for dimensionality reduction, then use GMMs and SVM for classification.
result The method improves heart sound classification by 16% on the Physionet dataset.
Short-segment heart sound classification using an ensemble of deep convolutional neural networkscs.SD
This paper proposes a framework based on deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for automatic heart sound classification using short-segments of individual heart beats. We design a 1D-CNN that directly learns features from raw heart-sound signals, and a 2D-CNN that takes inputs of two- dimensional time-frequency fea…
This paper aims to classify a single PCG recording as normal or abnormal for computer-aided diagnosis. The proposed framework for this challenge has four steps: preprocessing, feature extraction, training and validation. In the preprocessing step, a recording is segmented into four states, i.e., the first heart sound, …
Novel method segments heart sound signals using LSTMs with attention.
problem Heart sound segmentation for diagnostic applications.
method Bidirectional LSTMs with attention mechanisms.
result State-of-the-art performance on multiple benchmarks.
This paper uses fuzzy C-Means clustering and sonification to analyze heart rate variability.
problem Identifying suitable features from HRV analysis for sonification.
method Unsupervised machine learning (fuzzy C-Means clustering) and sonification techniques.
result Improves sonification interpretability by selecting appropriate HRV features.
Automatic heart sound abnormality detection can play a vital role in the early diagnosis of heart diseases, particularly in low-resource settings. The state-of-the-art algorithms for this task utilize a set of Finite Impulse Response (FIR) band-pass filters as a front-end followed by a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN…
In this article, we propose a novel technique for classification of the Murmurs in heart sound. We introduce a novel deep neural network architecture using parallel combination of the Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) based Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) & Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to learn visual …
This paper improves universal sound separation using sound classification.
problem Separating acoustic sources from an open domain, regardless of their class.
method Utilizing semantic embeddings from a sound classifier to condition a separation network.
result Classifier embeddings provide nearly one dB of SNR gain, and iterative models achieve significant performance.
The study examines machine learning classification algorithms and their generalizability using Framingham Heart Study data.
problem Addressing biases and generalizability issues in machine learning classification algorithms.
method Comparison of eight machine learning classification algorithms on Framingham Heart Study data.
result Double discriminant scoring of type I is the most generalizable algorithm.
We present a machine learning based method for noise classification using a low-power and inexpensive IoT unit. We use Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients for audio feature extraction and supervised classification algorithms (that is, support vector machine and k-nearest neighbors) for noise classification. We evaluate…
Paper detects adversarial attacks in sound classification models.
problem Adversarial attacks threaten data-driven models, especially in sound classification.
method Detects adversarial subspaces in unitary vector domain using chordal distance and generalized Schur decomposition.
result Regularized logistic regression detector outperforms other approaches on benchmark datasets.
Machine learning improves CHD screening accuracy from 70% to 87.7%.
problem Predicting coronary heart disease using echocardiography and clinical features.
method Ensemble machine learning approach with model stacking and two-step stacking.
result Improved CHD classification accuracy from 70% to 87.7%.
Smart city surveillance benefits from sound event recognition.
problem Improving monitoring capabilities in smart cities.
method Exploration of several classifiers on the SESA dataset.
result SGD achieved 72.13% accuracy in sound event recognition.
Automatically detecting sound units of humpback whales in complex time-varying background noises is a current challenge for scientists. In this paper, we explore the applicability of Convolution Neural Network (CNN) method for this task. In the evaluation stage, we present 6 bi-class classification experimentations of …
Sound source detection, localization and classification using consecutive ensemble of CRNN modelseess.AS
The paper presents a method for sound event localization and detection using CRNN models.
problem Sound event localization and detection in complex environments.
method Consecutive ensemble of CRNN models for estimating event onset, offset, direction of arrival, and classification.
result The proposed method outperforms other participants in the DCASE2019 task3.
A multi-head attention network improves ASC by recognizing overlapping sound patterns.
problem Challenging ASC due to overlapping sound patterns and complex event mixtures.
method Proposes a multi-head attention network to model complex temporal input structures.
result Achieved competitive performance on DCASE 2018 Task 5 dataset.
Generative replay extends sound classification models to new classes without old data.
problem Incrementally refining a sound classifier with new data causes previously learned tasks to degrade.
method Developed a generative replay procedure to generate training data in place of older datasets.
result Generative replay with 4% of old data performs as well as keeping 20% of old data.
Even in the absence of any explicit semantic annotation, vast collections of audio recordings provide valuable information for learning the categorical structure of sounds. We consider several class-agnostic semantic constraints that apply to unlabeled nonspeech audio: (i) noise and translations in time do not change t…
Improved heart rate and activity recognition with low-power wrist sensors.
problem Challenges in battery life, cost, and sensor performance in wrist-worn sensing applications.
method Used photoplethysmography (PPG) for heart rate and activity recognition, applying transfer learning and CNNs.
result Low sampling frequencies (5 Hz and 10 Hz) achieved good performance in heart rate and activity recognition.
Model classifies environment sounds using multiple feature channels and attention mechanisms.
problem Environment sound classification task.
method Multiple feature channels (MFCC, GFCC, CQT, Chromagram) and attention mechanism in a deep CNN.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on three benchmark datasets.
Prediction of Physical Load Level by Machine Learning Analysis of Heart Activity after Exercisescs.LG
Machine learning predicts exercise load from heart rate data post-exercise.
problem Monitoring energy expenditure in real life.
method Machine learning methods (linear regression, etc.) applied to heart rate data.
result Random forest and k-nearest neighbors classifiers predict load levels accurately.
In this paper we propose a novel environmental sound classification approach incorporating unsupervised feature learning from codebook via spherical -Means++ algorithm and a new architecture for high-level data augmentation. The audio signal is transformed into a 2D representation using a discrete wavelet transform …
Simple methods boost sound event classifier accuracy by 2.5%.
problem Label noise in sound event classification datasets.
method Label smoothing regularization, mixup, and noise-robust loss functions.
result Simple methods can boost accuracy by up to 2.5%.
Researchers use VAEs to create understandable heart beat representations.
problem Lack of explainable models for ECG beat classification.
method Variational Auto-Encoders (VAEs) with linear dense networks.
result Interpretable ECG beat space generated.
The ConditionaL Neural Network (CLNN) exploits the nature of the temporal sequencing of the sound signal represented in a spectrogram, and its variant the Masked ConditionaL Neural Network (MCLNN) induces the network to learn in frequency bands by embedding a filterbank-like sparseness over the network's links using a …
Deep CNN-RNN model classifies breathing sounds for respiratory disease diagnosis.
problem Automated diagnosis of respiratory diseases using wearable devices.
method Patient-specific model tuning and local log quantization of weights.
result 71.81% accuracy on leave-one-out validation with patient-specific data.
Improved robustness of 1D CNNs for heart arrhythmia classification.
problem Improving the robustness of 1D CNNs for classification tasks.
method Parameterization using Cayley transform and controllability Gramian for Lipschitz-bounded CNNs.
result Improved robustness of trained Lipschitz-bounded 1D CNNs for heart arrhythmia classification.
New unsupervised learning framework for sound recognition.
problem Learning sound recognition without explicit labels.
method Combines self-supervised and clustering objectives with active learning.
result Achieves state-of-the-art unsupervised audio representation with reduced labels.
A new method detects anomalous sounds using self-supervised learning.
problem Detecting anomalous sounds in noisy data.
method Flow-based self-supervised density estimation using Normalizing Flows.
result The method improves anomaly detection performance significantly.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death, and experts estimate that approximately half of all heart attacks and strokes occur in people who have not been flagged as "at risk." Thus, there is an urgent need to improve the accuracy of heart disease diagnosis. To this end, we investigate the potential of using data ana…
As sound event classification moves towards larger datasets, issues of label noise become inevitable. Web sites can supply large volumes of user-contributed audio and metadata, but inferring labels from this metadata introduces errors due to unreliable inputs, and limitations in the mapping. There is, however, little r…
MIMII Dataset: Sound Dataset for Malfunctioning Industrial Machine Investigation and Inspectioncs.SD
New dataset for industrial machine sounds to aid maintenance.
problem Lack of public datasets for industrial machine sounds.
method Recorded normal and anomalous sounds of industrial machines.
result Assists in automated facility maintenance development.
Bayesian neural networks improve SHD classification and uncertainty quantification.
problem Improving screening for structural heart disease using noninvasive ECG and echocardiography.
method Comparing frequentist and Bayesian neural network classifiers on the EchoNext dataset.
result Bayesian classifiers provide more robust uncertainty quantification.
This paper examines the speaker identification potential of breath sounds in continuous speech. Speech is largely produced during exhalation. In order to replenish air in the lungs, speakers must periodically inhale. When inhalation occurs in the midst of continuous speech, it is generally through the mouth. Intra-spee…
Interpretable survival analysis improves heart failure risk prediction.
problem Improving heart failure risk prediction using survival analysis.
method Survival stacking, ControlBurn, Explainable Boosting Machines.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance and provides novel insights.
Acoustic scene classification is the task of identifying the scene from which the audio signal is recorded. Convolutional neural network (CNN) models are widely adopted with proven successes in acoustic scene classification. However, there is little insight on how an audio scene is perceived in CNN, as what have been d…
Random forests classify Pokemon names based on evolutionary status.
problem Classifying Pokemon names into pre-evolution and post-evolution categories.
method Trained random forests using sound symbolism from Pokemon names, conducted experiments with human participants.
result Random forests outperform human participants in classifying Pokemon names.
Study improves radio show segmentation using audio embeddings.
problem Automated segmentation of radio shows.
method Created audio embeddings from multi-class classification tasks on different datasets, evaluated performance against text-only baseline.
result Audio embeddings from non-speech sound event classification significantly outperformed text-only baseline by 32.3% in F1-measure.
Liu-type Shrinkage Estimators for Mixture of Poisson Regressions with Experts: A Heart Disease Studystat.ME
Developed shrinkage methods for Poisson regression models with experts to handle multicollinearity.
problem Multicollinearity in Poisson regression models with experts.
method Ridge and Liu-type shrinkage methods.
result Shrinkage methods offer more reliable estimates for coefficients in multicollinearity.
New formulae identify discrete probability laws without needing normalization constants.
problem Characterizing non-normalized discrete probability distributions.
method Derive explicit formulae for mass functions using Stein's method.
result Developed tools for solving statistical problems without normalization constants.
We evaluated the effectiveness of an automated bird sound identification system in a situation that emulates a realistic, typical application. We trained classification algorithms on a crowd-sourced collection of bird audio recording data and restricted our training methods to be completely free of manual intervention.…
As part of the 2016 public evaluation challenge on Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE 2016), the second task focused on evaluating sound event detection systems using synthetic mixtures of office sounds. This task, which follows the `Event Detection - Office Synthetic' task of DCASE 2013,…
In this paper, we present an end-to-end approach for environmental sound classification based on a 1D Convolution Neural Network (CNN) that learns a representation directly from the audio signal. Several convolutional layers are used to capture the signal's fine time structure and learn diverse filters that are relevan…
Discriminative neural networks address class imbalance in coronary heart disease risk analysis.
problem Class imbalance in medical test data, especially in binary classification problems.
method Use of discriminative neural networks and contrastive loss with a Siamese network structure.
result The method effectively handles class imbalance, improving predictive models for coronary heart disease risk.
CNN-MoE based framework for classification of respiratory anomalies and lung disease detectioneess.AS
Paper presents a deep learning framework for classifying respiratory anomalies and lung diseases from sound recordings.
problem Classifying respiratory anomalies and lung diseases from respiratory sound recordings.
method The framework uses front-end feature extraction to transform sound into spectrograms, and a deep learning network to classify these features.
result The proposed deep learning system outperforms current state-of-the-art methods on the ICBHI benchmark dataset.
Study improves animal audio classification using data augmentation.
problem Improving automated animal audio classification accuracy.
method Exploits different data augmentation techniques for training CNNs.
result Best recognition rates on animal audio classification datasets.
FSD50K provides an open dataset of over 51k audio clips for sound event recognition.
problem Small and domain-specific sound event recognition datasets.
method Creation of an open dataset with over 51k audio clips manually labeled using 200 classes.
result FSD50K is a new open benchmark for sound event recognition research.