arXiv Computer Vision

Evaluator-Dependent Patient-Adaptive ECG Lead-Channel Allocation

The study investigates how patient‑adaptive ECG lead‑channel allocation policies perform when evaluated by different diagnostic models. Two policies, ECG‑on‑Demand and MGA, trained with a simple logistic evaluator were tested on a more powerful ResNet1D evaluator, revealing that the adaptive advantage observed with the training evaluator disappears or reverses with the stronger evaluator. Across multiple budgets, policies, and metrics, all interactions favor fixed protocols under the strong evaluator, suggesting that adaptive channel selection must be jointly optimized with the diagnostic backbone.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 10

Conditional Validity for Adaptive Modality Acquisition: When the Policy Chooses Its Own Calibration Group

The paper introduces RouteCert, a method for ensuring risk control in multimodal systems that acquire inputs adaptively. It shows that conditional calibration can remain valid even when the acquisition policy determines the calibration group, and provides two finite‑sample constructions: threshold‑free routing with terminal‑pattern calibration and simultaneous validation of policy‑pattern pairs. Experiments on a clinical ECG task and masked multimodal benchmarks demonstrate that RouteCert achieves low disagreement rates and competitive answered fractions while validating each acquisition stage separately.

By Melika Baghi
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 4

Automated ECG Interval Measurement and Wave Delineation Using Fast Fourier Convolution ResNet

arXiv:2608. 00058v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Accurate measurement of ECG intervals, including PR, QRS duration, and QT/QTc, is central to cardiac diagnosis, yet the published ECG delineation literature evaluates performance almost exclusively as fiducial-point timing errors on small curated databases, rather than as clinical interval accuracy on large unselected cohorts.

By Farhan Adam Mukadam, Harshit Mishra, Nachiket Makwana, Pradyot Tiwari, Subramani Kandasamy, KVS Hari
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 31

ECG-InterpBench: Benchmarking the Interpretability of ECG Foundation Models with Matched-Scale Sparse Autoencoders

arXiv:2607. 27404v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Existing benchmarks for electrocardiogram foundation models primarily evaluate downstream predictive performance, providing limited insight into whether their internal representations can be faithfully decomposed, clinically interpreted, or reproduced across independent analyses.

By Yixuan Duan, Wei Qiu
arXiv AI
Sep 3

The Ceiling Is in the Channel: Auditing Learner Gaps and Measurement Frontiers in Clinical Prediction

The paper introduces a framework that distinguishes two causes of saturation in clinical prediction: a learner gap, where the model fails to use available information, and a measurement‑channel ceiling, where the recorded variables limit performance. It provides theoretical characterizations, finite‑sample diagnostics, and empirical audits across three large cohorts, showing that well‑tuned models approach the frontier while deficient learners leave large gaps. A PRISMA‑guided synthesis across 104 tasks reveals consistent channel‑level patterns, suggesting that improving the learner or the measurement channel can audit and potentially lift performance.

By Sayeed Shafayet Chowdhury, Nusrat Jahan, Snehasis Mukhopadhyay, Shiaofen Fang, Vijay R. Ramakrishnan
arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 1

ECGQuest: Benchmarking and Fine-Tuning Language Models for Electrocardiography

ECGQuest is a new benchmark that evaluates language models on the contextual knowledge required for electrocardiogram interpretation, featuring 10,904 True/False questions derived from 23 ECG references and 2003‑2025 Computing in Cardiology proceedings. The study tested 23 commercial and open‑source models, finding that zero‑shot accuracy ranged from 49.5% to 74.4% and that fine‑tuning with Low‑Rank Adaptation improved all open‑source models by 6.5–14.1%, with the best fine‑tuned model achieving 76.3% accuracy and a five‑model ensemble reaching 78.5%. ECGQuest demonstrates that parameter‑efficient fine‑tuning can enable smaller models to compete with larger commercial ones on ECG‑specific tasks.

By Mohammadsina Hassannia, Matthew A. Reyna, Reza Sameni
arXiv AI
Jul 7

ImputeECG: Deep Learning Reconstruction of Complete 12-Lead Electrocardiograms from Incomplete Recordings for Cardiac Assessment

arXiv:2607. 05009v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Complete digital 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) are essential for AI-enabled cardiovascular assessment, yet many clinical ECG records, particularly those digitized from ECG images, remain incomplete because of short display formats, incomplete waveform digitization, lead loss, or signal corruption.

By Xiaocheng Fang, Haoyu Wang, Jieyi Cai, Qinghao Zhao, Jun Li, Shanwei Zhang, Guangkun Nie, Yujie Xiao, Shun Huang, Jiarui Jin, Hongmin Liu, Guodong Wang, Shuohua Chen, Liming Lin, Shouling Wu, Hongyan Li, Shenda Hong