Project DetailsHeart diseases affect large portions of the population and according to the NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics), they are the number one cause of death in the United States. The classification of heart diseases is a very delicate process that requires years of training to discern the subtle differences between the various sounds produced by the heart during its beating.
The aim of the project is to create an additional tool to assist physicians in the classification process of heart diseases, by creating a visual display of heart sounds using techniques such as time-frequency transformations like the Wigner-Ville transform, its extensions, and comparisons between different algorithms.
