Computer Aided ECG Analysis - State of the Art and Upcoming Challenges

TL;DR

This paper reviews current advancements in computer-aided ECG analysis, highlighting progress in noise removal, heartbeat detection, and rhythm analysis, while discussing future challenges and the need for clinical validation.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art ECG analysis techniques and outlines future research challenges and evaluation methods.

Findings

Advancements in ECG segment detection and beat classification.

Limited clinical validation of current methods.

Identified gaps and future challenges in ECG morphology analysis.

Abstract

In this paper we present current achievements in computer aided ECG analysis and their applicability in real world medical diagnosis process. Most of the current work is covering problems of removing noise, detecting heartbeats and rhythm-based analysis. There are some advancements in particular ECG segments detection and beat classifications but with limited evaluations and without clinical approvals. This paper presents state of the art advancements in those areas till present day. Besides this short computer science and signal processing literature review, paper covers future challenges regarding the ECG signal morphology analysis deriving from the medical literature review. Paper is concluded with identified gaps in current advancements and testing, upcoming challenges for future research and a bullseye test is suggested for morphology analysis evaluation.