Development of a Novel Convolution Neural Network for Arrhythmia Classification

The convolutional neural network is configured to receive an electrocardiogram segment as an input and to generate an output indicative of whether the received electrocardiogram segment represents a cardiac arrhythmia. No specific features of the electrocardiogram are identified to the convolutional neural network, and the received electrocardiogram segment is not filtered, transformed, or processed prior to reception by the algorithm. The algorithm is trained in a similar manner - the electrocardiogram segments are the sole input to the convolutional neural network.