This repository is an implementation of the papers:

• Changxin Lai, Shijie Zhou, and Natalia Trayanova. "Optimal ECG-lead selection increases generalizability of deep learning on ECG abnormality classification" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 379, 20200258 (2021)
• Changxin Lai, Shijie Zhou, and Natalia Trayanova. "Heart Rhythm Classification From an Optimal Lead Subset of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram by Deep Learning." Circulation 142.Suppl_3 (2020): A15042-A15042. (Presented at AHA Scientific Sessions 2020)

We developed a multi-stage DL-based model to automatically detect heart rhythm types, which takes as input the raw 12-lead ECG data with variable length and outputs a heart rhythm interpretation for the whole signal. The model consists of three modules:

1. a feature extraction module that automatically extracts features from each lead of the raw 12-lead ECG data,
2. an optimal ECG-lead subset selection module that is used to find an optimal minimal lead subset, and
3. a decision-making module that uses features extracted from the optimal ECG-lead subset to interpret heart rhythm types.

A Dockerfile with requirements.txt is provided to configure a docker environment for the project.

1. Feature Extraction: train.py trains neural networks with configurations train_config.json for processing single-lead ECG signals. single_lead_ECG_features.py and single_lead_ECG_features_ext.py use trained models to extract features from ECG signals on the dataset.
2. Subset Selection: subset_selection.py uses features extracted in the previous step and find an optimal ECG lead subset.
3. Decision Making: train_decision_model.py trains decision making classifiers based on the optimal ECG-lead subset.

Finally, predict.py integrates all the steps with configuration predict_config.json and make predictions on new ECG data.

We provided the models with weights in /save, configurations in predict_config.json, and example data in /data/demo. To run a demo of the model making predictions, execute:

python predict.py /data/demo predict_config.json

Results will be save in a file named predict_result.mat.