Smart Digital Stethoscope Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and IoT

D. S. S. N. Raju; Medisetty Harshitha; Doppa Parimala; Jeeru Venkata Chakradhar Reddy; Anguru Krishna Vamsi

doi:10.62762/NGCST.2026.345581

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Published in Next-Generation Computing Systems and Technologies

Volume/Issue Volume 2, Issue 2, 2026

Pages 59-63

Abstract

There is an increase in heart diseases at a very high rate in today's world, and therefore early detection becomes a necessity in the treatment of such cases. In this paper, we present a digital stethoscope with AI and ML that records heart sounds automatically. Phonocardiogram (PCG) signals are recorded by the system, and the recorded signals are then processed using filtering, normalization, and peak detection to obtain features including heart sounds S1 and S2. The extracted features are fed into the classification algorithm, which in this case is the Random Forest Classifier, and they are classified as either abnormal or normal heart conditions. IoT is implemented in the system to ensure storage of data. Experimental tests carried out have shown that the system can detect abnormalities such as irregular heart rates and murmurs.

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Smart Digital Stethoscope Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and IoT

Keywords

heart sound analysis digital stethoscope machine learning signal processing IoT PCG

Data Availability Statement

Data will be made available on request.

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This work was supported without any funding.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

AI Use Statement

The authors declare that no generative AI was used in the preparation of this manuscript.

Ethical Approval and Consent to Participate

Real-time heart sound recordings were collected from volunteer participants under informed consent. As this constitutes minimal-risk research involving non-invasive acoustic recording only, formal institutional ethics review was waived in accordance with institutional guidelines.

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Raju, D. S. S. N., Harshitha, M., Parimala, D., Reddy, J. V. C., & Vamsi, A. K. (2026). Smart Digital Stethoscope Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and IoT. Next-Generation Computing Systems and Technologies, 2(2), 59-63. https://doi.org/10.62762/NGCST.2026.345581

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TY - JOUR
AU - Raju, D. S. S. N.
AU - Harshitha, Medisetty
AU - Parimala, Doppa
AU - Reddy, Jeeru Venkata Chakradhar
AU - Vamsi, Anguru Krishna
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/06/27
TI - Smart Digital Stethoscope Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and IoT
JO - Next-Generation Computing Systems and Technologies
T2 - Next-Generation Computing Systems and Technologies
JF - Next-Generation Computing Systems and Technologies
VL - 2
IS - 2
SP - 59
EP - 63
DO - 10.62762/NGCST.2026.345581
UR - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/NGCST.2026.345581
KW - heart sound analysis
KW - digital stethoscope
KW - machine learning
KW - signal processing
KW - IoT
KW - PCG
AB - There is an increase in heart diseases at a very high rate in today's world, and therefore early detection becomes a necessity in the treatment of such cases. In this paper, we present a digital stethoscope with AI and ML that records heart sounds automatically. Phonocardiogram (PCG) signals are recorded by the system, and the recorded signals are then processed using filtering, normalization, and peak detection to obtain features including heart sounds S1 and S2. The extracted features are fed into the classification algorithm, which in this case is the Random Forest Classifier, and they are classified as either abnormal or normal heart conditions. IoT is implemented in the system to ensure storage of data. Experimental tests carried out have shown that the system can detect abnormalities such as irregular heart rates and murmurs.
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  author = {D. S. S. N. Raju and Medisetty Harshitha and Doppa Parimala and Jeeru Venkata Chakradhar Reddy and Anguru Krishna Vamsi},
  title = {Smart Digital Stethoscope Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and IoT},
  journal = {Next-Generation Computing Systems and Technologies},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {2},
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  pages = {59-63},
  doi = {10.62762/NGCST.2026.345581},
  url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/NGCST.2026.345581},
  abstract = {There is an increase in heart diseases at a very high rate in today's world, and therefore early detection becomes a necessity in the treatment of such cases. In this paper, we present a digital stethoscope with AI and ML that records heart sounds automatically. Phonocardiogram (PCG) signals are recorded by the system, and the recorded signals are then processed using filtering, normalization, and peak detection to obtain features including heart sounds S1 and S2. The extracted features are fed into the classification algorithm, which in this case is the Random Forest Classifier, and they are classified as either abnormal or normal heart conditions. IoT is implemented in the system to ensure storage of data. Experimental tests carried out have shown that the system can detect abnormalities such as irregular heart rates and murmurs.},
  keywords = {heart sound analysis, digital stethoscope, machine learning, signal processing, IoT, PCG},
  issn = {3070-3328},
  publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
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