Recurrent neural networks employing Lyapunov exponents for analysis of doppler ultrasound signals

Abstract

The implementation of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) with the Lyapunov exponents for Doppler ultrasound signals classification is presented. This study is based on the consideration that Doppler ultrasound signals are chaotic signals. This consideration was tested successfully using the nonlinear dynamics tools, like the computation of Lyapunov exponents. Decision making was performed in two stages: computation of Lyapunov exponents as representative features of the Doppler ultrasound signals and classification using the RNNs trained on the extracted features. The present research demonstrated that the Lyapunov exponents are the features which well represent the Doppler ultrasound signals and the RNNs trained on these features achieved high classification accuracies. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.