Browsing by Author "Hammachi, Radhouane"

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Application of medical informatics and data analysis methods for automatic medical diagnosis
(Université M'Hamed Bougara Boumerdès : Faculté de Technologie, 2025) Hammachi, Radhouane; Messaoudi, Noureddine(Directeur de thèse)
With the increased size and complexity of data, interest has rapidly emerged in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) to create data-driven models for automating medical diagnosis, and for neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) in particular. Therefore, this thesis aims to address the gaps in this context. To provide clinicians with a more objective and accurate methods for assessing muscle fatigue, a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based DL model was proposed to classify simulated surface electromyography (EMG) signals into different maximum voluntary contraction levels, achieving and accuracy of 88.88%. To ensure transparency and clinicians trust, the interpretability of Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) and Residual Neural Network (ResNet)-based DL models that achieved 95.67% and 98.37% testing accuracies, respectively, for myopathy diagnosis, was investigated. Shapley additive explanation (SHAP) for feature-based interpretation, and Gradient-weighted class activation mapping (Grad-CAM) for visual interpretation of raw signals, were employed, providing clear insights into the decision-making process. Furthermore, given the recent emergence and proved ability of quantum machine learning to handle high-dimensional data and solve complex tasks, a study was introduced to explore its potential in myopathy diagnosis. Quantum support vector machines (QSVMs) with variational quantum circuit-based kernels were proposed, and their performance was compared with classical methods. A hybrid QSVM model trained on deep features demonstrated promising classification ability, with training and testing accuracies of 96.7% and 85.1%, respectively. The results obtained in our research shed new light on the application of medical informatics in the field of healthcare and the EMG-based NMDs diagnosis in particular, indicating promising potential for future adoption of automated medical decision-making
Classical and Quantum SVM for Electromyography-Based Myopathy Detection: A Comparative Exploration
(Polish Society of Medical Physics, 2025) Hammachi, Radhouane; Messaoudi, Noureddine; Belkacem, Samia; Pasetto, Edoardo; Delilbasic, Amer
Introduction: Electromyography (EMG) analysis is one of the most fundamental approaches for diagnosing neuromuscular diseases. Current advancements in technology have the potential to improve diagnosis accuracy using artificial intelligence (AI). Quantum machine learning (QML), while still in its early stages, offers promising potential for various medical applications, but its effectiveness in real-world diagnostic tasks needs further exploration. Thus, the aim of this study is to employ both quantum and classical support vector machines (SVMs) to classify EMG signals into two classes, healthy and myopathy, and compare their performance. Methods: Various approaches were tested; classical SVM and quantum-kernel-based SVM, both with manually extracted features, and convolutional neural network (CNN)-based deep features extraction techniques. This allows for an evaluation of the strengths and limitations of this new technology, acknowledging the potential of both classical and quantum methods. Results: The obtained results showed that the proposed quantum methods yielded promising outcomes and comparable to classical methods. Particularly, the competitive results of the quantum SVM (QSVM) with the CNN-based deep feature extraction approach, which delivered a high training and testing accuracies of up to 96.7% and 85.1%, respectively. Conclusion: These findings encourages the necessity for more advanced QML research, particularly in medical applications as quantum technology progresses.
Classical and Quantum SVM for Electromyography-Based Myopathy Detection: A Comparative Exploration
(Sciendo, 2025) Hammachi, Radhouane; Messaoudi, Noureddine; Belkacem, Samia; Pasetto, Edoardo; Delilbasic, Amer
Introduction: Electromyography (EMG) analysis is one of the most fundamental approaches for diagnosing neuromuscular diseases. Current advancements in technology have the potential to improve diagnosis accuracy using artificial intelligence (AI). Quantum machine learning (QML), while still in its early stages, offers promising potential for various medical applications, but its effectiveness in real-world diagnostic tasks needs further exploration. Thus, the aim of this study is to employ both quantum and classical support vector machines (SVMs) to classify EMG signals into two classes, healthy and myopathy, and compare their performance. Methods: Various approaches were tested; classical SVM and quantum-kernel-based SVM, both with manually extracted features, and convolutional neural network (CNN)-based deep features extraction techniques. This allows for an evaluation of the strengths and limitations of this new technology, acknowledging the potential of both classical and quantum methods. Results: The obtained results showed that the proposed quantum methods yielded promising outcomes and comparable to classical methods. Particularly, the competitive results of the quantum SVM (QSVM) with the CNN-based deep feature extraction approach, which delivered a high training and testing accuracies of up to 96.7% and 85.1%, respectively. Conclusion: These findings encourages the necessity for more advanced QML research, particularly in medical applications as quantum technology progresses
Deep Learning Classification of Simulated Surface EMG Signals across Maximum Voluntary Contraction Levels
(Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2025) Hammachi, Radhouane; Belkacem, Samia; Messaoudi, Noureddine; Bekka, Raïs El’hadi
Electromyography (EMG) is a fundamental tool in diagnosing neuromuscular disorders (NMD). Due to the complex nature of EMG signals, different approaches, based on artificial intelligence and machine learning, were developed for EMG signal analysis and NMD diagnosis. Considering the critical role of maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) as a fundamental metric in assessing muscle fatigue, in this work, classification of simulated surface EMG (sEMG) into MVC levels is performed. Unlike previous studies, which focus primarily on binary classification of fatigue and non-fatigue states, our approach employs a deep convolutional neural network for the classification of sEMG signals into ten MVC levels, where the model outputs categorical predictions, with each class representing a specific MVC level. sEMG signals were generated using a computer muscle model that we developed using MATLAB, which allows for greater control over variability, ensuring robustness and generalizability of the model. The obtained results demonstrate that the model achieved high performance in differentiating between the ten classes (MVC levels), with an accuracy, F1-score, recall, and precision of 88.88%, 88.75%, 88.80% and 88.86%, respectively. These findings reveal that the model can accurately differentiate across MVC levels, indicating a potential method for accurate assessment of muscle fatigue intensity.
ECG beats classification with interpretability
(IEEE, 2022) Hammachi, Radhouane; Messaoudi, Noureddine; Belkacem, Samia
Recently, a lot of emphasis has been placed on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in medicine and the healthcare industry. Cardiovascular disease (CVD), is one of the most common causes of death globally, and Electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most widely used diagnostic tool to investigate this disease. However, the analysis of ECG signals is a very difficult process. Therefore, in this work, automated classification of ECG data into five different arrhythmia classes is proposed, based on MIT-BIH dataset. Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Deep Learning (DL) models were used. The black-box nature of these complex models imposes the need to explain their outcomes. Hence, both Permutation Feature Importance (PFI) with Gradient-Weighted Class Activation Maps (Grad-CAM) interpretability techniques were investigated. Using the K-Fold cross-validation method, the models achieved an accuracy of 97.1% and 98.5% for CNN and LSTM, respectively
FPGA-Based real time monitoring and control system for greenhouse
(2020) Slimani, Anis; Hammachi, Radhouane; Benzekri, A. (Supervisor)
This report describes the design and implementation of an SoPC-based real time monitoring and control system for a Greenhouse, using the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), to allow manual or automatic control of the environmental parameters inside the greenhouse, in order to suit the requirements of the plants growing inside it. For this purpose, an Android application has been created to allow the user to see the status of the greenhouse, and to manually control the actuators or to enter set points for the environmental parameters in the automatic mode. The prototype of the project consists of four main parts. The on-chip hardware, where the SoPC-based system is implemented using Nios II soft processor, on-chip memory, I/O peripherals and custom VHDL blocks. The off-chip hardware including actuators, driving units and data acquisition unit. The smartphone for the android application and a PC. The model was synthesized using Quartus II and targeted at Cyclone-II FPGA, the EP2C35.