Classification of Acoustic Tones and Cardiac Murmurs Based on Digital Signal Analysis Leveraging Machine Learning Methods

Nataliya Shakhovska, Ivan Zagorodniy

Heart murmurs are abnormal heart sounds that can indicate various heart diseases. Although traditional auscultation methods are effective, they depend more on specialists’ knowledge, making it difficult to make an accurate diagnosis. This paper presents a machine learning-based framework for the classification of acoustic sounds and heart murmurs using digital signal analysis. Using advanced machine learning algorithms, we aim to improve the accuracy, speed, and accessibility of heart murmur detection. The proposed method includes feature extraction from digital auscultatory recordings, preprocessing using signal processing techniques, and classification using state-of-the-art machine learning models. We evaluated the performance of different machine learning algorithms, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), random forests (RFs) and support vector machines (SVMs), on a selected heart noise dataset. The results show that our framework achieves high accuracy in differentiating normal heart sounds from different types of heart murmurs and provides a robust tool for clinical decision-making.