Key result
Intelligent auscultation improves CV diagnostic accuracy over conventional stethoscopes by integrating AI and signal processing.
Why the study?
Intelligent heart sound auscultation integrates electronic, signal processing, and artificial intelligence technologies for heart disease diagnosis, but faces obstacles in technical implementation, clinical validation, and regulatory compliance.
Intelligent heart sound auscultation leverages AI and advanced sensors to improve cardiovascular diagnosis, though clinical validation and regulatory frameworks remain key hurdles.
Supports clinical adoption of AI-augmented auscultation; extends conventional stethoscopes but leaves open validation and regulatory hurdles.
The intelligent heart sound auscultation technology integrates electronic technology, signal processing technology, and artificial intelligence technology, opening up a new path for the diagnosis of heart diseases. This paper comprehensively reviews the development history, underlying principles, applications, current challenges, and future directions. Evolving from conventional stethoscopes, the technology leverages advanced sensors and algorithms to acquire, process, and analyze heart sound signals, demonstrating immense potential in healthcare. However, it still faces obstacles in technical implementation, clinical validation, and regulatory compliance. Moving forward, intelligent heart sound auscultation is poised to advance toward greater intelligence, multifunctional capabilities, and standardized frameworks, offering robust support for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disorders. • Intelligent heart sound tech lifts cardiovascular diagnosis accuracy vs stethoscopes. • It integrates electronic, signal processing & AI for non-invasive heart screening. • Key challenges: technical instability, insufficient validation, unclear regulations. • Future directions: higher intelligence, multifunctionality, standardized frameworks.
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Li et al. (2026) studied this question. Intelligent heart sound auscultation technology improves cardiovascular diagnosis accuracy compared to conventional stethoscopes by integrating electronic, signal processing, and AI methods.
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