arXiv:2512.24002cs.LGcs.AI2025-12AAAI被引 1

从心脏传导角度重构心电图表示,提升诊断准确性。

Tracing the Heart's Pathways: ECG Representation Learning from a Cardiac Conduction Perspective

  • 分阶段设计:先捕捉心跳差异,再按临床流程整合导联
  • 在6个任务中平均提升6.84%,显著优于现有方法
  • 适合心脏病学研究者和医疗AI开发者参考

多导联心电图(ECG)是心脏诊断的核心。近年来,自监督学习(eSSL)在无需高质量标注的情况下提升了表示学习前景,但现有方法仅关注导联与心动周期间的共性,忽视了由心脏传导过程带来的细微差异——这些差异蕴含独特生理信息。此外,心电图分析应遵循从单个心跳到单导联再到导联组合的诊断逻辑,但预训练模型常忽略这一顺序。为此,我们提出CLEAR-HUG两阶段框架:第一阶段采用传导-导联重建器(CLEAR),通过稀疏注意力机制独立重建每个心跳信号,捕捉特异性变化与共性;第二阶段引入分层导联统一头(HUG),模拟临床诊断流程。六项任务实验显示,该方法平均提升6.84%,验证了其对心脏传导表征的增强能力及与专家诊断逻辑的一致性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The multi-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) stands as a cornerstone of cardiac diagnosis. Recent strides in electrocardiogram self-supervised learning (eSSL) have brightened prospects for enhancing representation learning without relying on high-quality annotations. Yet earlier eSSL methods suffer a key limitation: they focus on consistent patterns across leads and beats, overlooking the inherent differences in heartbeats rooted in cardiac conduction processes, while subtle but significant variations carry unique physiological signatures. Moreover, representation learning for ECG analysis should align with ECG diagnostic guidelines, which progress from individual heartbeats to single leads and ultimately to lead combinations. This sequential logic, however, is often neglected when applying pre-trained models to downstream tasks. To address these gaps, we propose CLEAR-HUG, a two-stage framework designed to capture subtle variations in cardiac conduction across leads while adhering to ECG diagnostic guidelines. In the first stage, we introduce an eSSL model termed Conduction-LEAd Reconstructor (CLEAR), which captures both specific variations and general commonalities across heartbeats. Treating each heartbeat as a distinct entity, CLEAR employs a simple yet effective sparse attention mechanism to reconstruct signals without interference from other heartbeats. In the second stage, we implement a Hierarchical lead-Unified Group head (HUG) for disease diagnosis, mirroring clinical workflow. Experimental results across six tasks show a 6.84% improvement, validating the effectiveness of CLEAR-HUG. This highlights its ability to enhance representations of cardiac conduction and align patterns with expert diagnostic guidelines.

心电图自监督学习心脏传导表示学习

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