Title
A Data Mining Approach for Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis Using Heart Rate Variability and Images of Carotid Arteries.
Abstract
In this paper, we proposed not only an extraction methodology of multiple feature vectors from ultrasound images for carotid arteries (CAs) and heart rate variability (HRV) of electrocardiogram signal, but also a suitable and reliable prediction model useful in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD). For inventing the multiple feature vectors, we extract a candidate feature vector through image processing and measurement of the thickness of carotid intima-media (IMT). As a complementary way, the linear and/or nonlinear feature vectors are also extracted from HRV, a main index for cardiac disorder. The significance of the multiple feature vectors is tested with several machine learning methods, namely Neural Networks, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Classification based on Multiple Association Rule (CMAR), Decision tree induction and Bayesian classifier. As a result, multiple feature vectors extracted from both CAs and HRV (CA+HRV) showed higher accuracy than the separative feature vectors of CAs and HRV. Furthermore, the SVM and CMAR showed about 89.51% and 89.46%, respectively, in terms of diagnosing accuracy rate after evaluating the diagnosis or prediction methods using the finally chosen multiple feature vectors. Therefore, the multiple feature vectors devised in this paper can be effective diagnostic indicators of CVD. In addition, the feature vector analysis and prediction techniques are expected to be helpful tools in the decisions of cardiologists.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.3390/sym8060047
SYMMETRY-BASEL
Keywords
Field
DocType
feature vector,heart rate variability,carotid artery,disease diagnosis,data mining
Decision tree,Data mining,Feature vector,Naive Bayes classifier,Pattern recognition,Heart rate variability,Support vector machine,Image processing,Association rule learning,Artificial intelligence,Artificial neural network,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
8
6.0
2073-8994
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.43
6
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hyeongsoo Kim192.29
Ibrahim M. Ishag250.43
Minghao Piao3376.30
Taeil Kwon450.43
Keun Ho Ryu588385.61