DeepArrhythmia: Segment-Contextualized ECG Arrhythmia Classification via Selective Evidence Acquisition
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DeepArrhythmia is a multimodal framework for beat-level ECG arrhythmia classification that combines raw ECG signals and waveform images, using segment-level confidence to selectively acquire physiological evidence for improved accuracy.
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# DeepArrhythmia: Segment-Contextualized ECG Arrhythmia Classification via Selective Evidence Acquisition Source: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16441](https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16441) [View PDF](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.16441) > Abstract:Beat\-level Electrocardiography \(ECG\) arrhythmia detection aims to assign an arrhythmia class to each beat in a recording, yet many existing systems treat beats as isolated local instances\. This is limiting because beat labels often depend on multi\-beat rhythm context, including timing, compensatory pauses, and beat\-to\-beat morphological consistency\. We present DeepArrhythmia, a tool\-grounded multimodal framework for segment\-contextualized beat\-level ECG arrhythmia classification\. Given a multi\-beat ECG segment, DeepArrhythmia combines the raw ECG signal and a rendered waveform image, localizes R peaks to identify beat instances, and produces structured beat\-level predictions\. The framework decouples physiological measurement from evidence integration using specialized tools for beat localization, numerical rhythm\-\-morphology extraction, and morphology\-focused textual analysis\. DeepArrhythmia uses segment\-level confidence to route between minimal and rich evidence states, since richer physiological evidence is not uniformly useful\. This agentic design integrates rhythm context, explicit physiological grounding, and selective evidence acquisition for decision making\. ## Submission history From: Jiahui Li \[[view email](https://arxiv.org/show-email/689d4f31/2605.16441)\] **\[v1\]**Fri, 15 May 2026 00:42:58 UTC \(29,057 KB\)
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