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Table 3 Summary of intelligent ML-based SAA using alternative signals

From: A review of progress and an advanced method for shock advice algorithms in automated external defibrillators

Refs., Year

Database

Signal for FE, Segment length

Method description

ICF

FS

FV

Limitation

Key Findings

[16], 2016

CUDB, MITDB, AHA

Subsignals using DWT, 3 s

Use of DWT for reconstruction of subsignals.

1

NA

Five-folds CV

Insignificant improvement for classification performance.

Only a feature and SVM classifier.

Calculation of the number of samples which is larger or smaller than positive or negative thresholds during 1 s segment.

Time consumed for FE may be over segment length of 3 s.

Relative short of segment length.

Use of average numbers of samples as a feature for SVM classifier.

  

[27], 2017

MITDB

Subsignals using DWT, 5.7 s

5 levels of wavelet coefficients using DWT.

20

NA

NA

Limited database.

Peak extraction from wavelet coefficients.

Peak extraction from wavelet coefficients, plotted in 3D PRS.

No FS and validation.

NEWFM classifier using 20 features considered as distances between origin of coordinates axis and peaks.

 

[40], 2017

CUDB, VFDB, MITDB

Subsignals using DWT, 10 s

DWT with 4 levels-decomposition.

31

SFFS

Five-folds CV

Only 1 classifier.

FFC of 10 features.

Feature extracted from wavelet coefficients.

No validation performance for all ICFs.

The best ranking method of ReliefF.

SFFS to select 14 features.

  

Feature ranking using 6 methods for set of 14 features.

  

KNN classifier using different sets of features of 6 ranking methods.

  

[38], 2019

CUDB VFDB, MITDB

Subsignals using DWT, 5 s

Performance comparision of C4.5 and SVM for detection of VF, VT.

24

GRAE

10-folds CV

Highest performance of all ICF.

Generation of signals concentration on VT and VF components based on DWT.

Using DWT as low-pass and high-pass filters for generation of alternative signals.

Ineffective FS.

Features extracted from alternative signals.

 

[39], 2016

CUDB, VFDB, MITDB

Subsignal using wavelet decomposition, 2 s

Analysis on wavelet decomposition to design an optimal low-pass filter showing a minimum stopband ripple energy.

12

NA

10-folds CV

Limited number of ICFs.

Selection of six subsignals based on orthogonal conditions.

No FS.

Productive SVM for SH rhythm detection.

 

Relative short of segment length

[41], 2016

CUDB, VFDB, MITDB

Modes using VMD, 5 s

5 modes using VMD.

9

FS based feature scoring

Five-folds CV

Limited number of ICFs.

Modes using VMD for FE.

FE from first 3 modes.

Hand-picked data.

FFC of 7 features.

The FS based feature scoring to select an FFC of 7 features.

Random reconstruction of modes.

 

Validation of the FFC using RF and five-folds CV.

  

[43], 2017

AFDB MITDB, NSRDB

Modes using VMD, 8 s

Decomposition of ECG into 5 modes.

20

NA

Five-folds CV

No FS.

Effective entropy features.

Sample entropy and distribution entropy of modes.

Hand-picked data.

High performance of SVM with KBF kernel among others.

Performance of 2 ML classifiers for normal, AF, and VF scenario.

Random generation of modes.

 
 

Limited number of ICFs

 

[42], 2018

CUDB, VFDB, MITDB

Modes using adaptive VMD, 5 s

5 modes using adaptive VMD.

30

NA

10-folds CV

No FS.

Optimal parameters for adaptive VMD.

10-folds CV for Boosted CART using all ICFs.

Simple selection of VMD parameters.

[28], 2018

CUDB, VFDB,

Modes using dimensional Taylor Fourier transform, 8 s

Decomposition of ECG segment into oscillatory modes using dimensional Taylor Fourier transform.

20

NA

NA

Low performance.

New diagnostic features of magnitude and phase differences using dimensional Taylor Fourier transform.

20-dimension feature vector based on magnitude and phase differences.

No FS and FV.

LSSVM classifier for detection of shock/non-shock, VT/VF, and VF/non-VF.

Only 1 classifier.

[17], 2009

MITDB

Intrinsic mode functions using EMD, 7 s

Use of intrinsic mode function with EMD.

2

NA

NA

No validation.

Orthogonality of IMFs as the features.

Calculation of 2 angles between first 3 IMFs for Bayer decision theory.

Limited database

[18], 2017

VFDB AHA

Image of time-frequency, 150 ms

Construction of time-frequency image.

1

NA

NA

Only 1 feature.

Algorithm design for multiple classification using different binary ML classifiers.

Performance comparison of different ML classifiers for classification of normal, VF, VT, and other rhythms.

No validation.

 

Complexity due to 3 ML classifiers for multiple classification

[19], 2018

VFDB AHA

Time-frequency representation image, 1.2 s

Extraction of image using Hilbert transform and Time-frequency representation techniques.

1

NA

Five-folds CV

Only 1 feature.

Effective feature of TFRI image.

Use of multiple ML classifiers to detect normal, VF, VT, other rhythms.

Increase in complexity due to binary algorithms for multiple classification

Hierarchical topology of 3 ML classifiers.