Use of genetic algorithm for selection of regularization parameters in multiple constraint inverse ECG problem

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Mazloumi Gavgani, Alireza
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The main goal in inverse and forward problems of electrocardiography (ECG) is to better understand the electrical activity of the heart. In the forward problem of ECG, one obtains the body surface potential (BSP) distribution (i.e., the measurements) when the electrical sources in the heart are assumed to be known. The result is a mathematical model that relates the sources to the measurements. In the inverse problem of ECG, the unknown cardiac electrical sources are estimated from the BSP measurements and the mathematical model of the torso. Inverse problem of ECG is an ill-posed problem, and regularization should be applied in order to obtain a good solution. Tikhonov regularization is a well-known method, which introduces a trade-off between how well the solution fits the measurements and how well the constraints on the solution are satisfied. This trade-off is controlled by a regularization parameter, which can be easily calculated by the L-curve method. It is theoretically possible to include more than one constraint in the cost function; however finding more than one regularization parameter to use with each constraint is a challenging problem. It is the aim of this thesis to use genetic algorithm (GA) optimization method to obtain regularization parameters to solve the inverse ECG problem when multiple constraints are used for regularization. The results are presented when there are two spatial constraints, when there is one spatial, one temporal constraint, and when there are two spatial one temporal constraints; the performances of these three applications are compared to Tikhonov regularization results and to each other. As a conlcusion, it is possible to obtain correct regularization parameters using the GA method, and using more than one constraints yields improvements in the results.
Electrocardiography., Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612984/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/20450
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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A. Mazloumi Gavgani, “Use of genetic algorithm for selection of regularization parameters in multiple constraint inverse ECG problem,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2011.
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