R-peak detection is crucial in electrocardiogram (ECG) signal analysis. This study proposed an adaptive and time-efficient R-peak detection algorithm for ECG processing. First, wavelet multiresolution analysis was applied to enhance the ECG signal representation. Then, ECG was mirrored to convert large negative R-peaks to positive ones. After that, local maximums were calculated by the first-order forward differential approach and were truncated by the amplitude and time interval thresholds to locate the R-peaks. The algorithm performances, including detection accuracy and time consumption, were tested on the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and the QT database. Experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm achieved mean sensitivity of 99.39%, positive predictivity of 99.49%, and accuracy of 98.89% on the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and 99.83%, 99.90%, and 99.73%, respectively, on the QT database. By processing one ECG record, the mean time consumptions were 0.872 s and 0.763 s for the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database and QT database, respectively, yielding 30.6% and 32.9% of time reduction compared to the traditional Pan-Tompkins method.

To overcome the problems of coverage blind areas and coverage redundancy when sensor nodes are deployed randomly in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks (HWSNs). An optimal coverage method for HWSNs based on an improved social spider optimization (SSO) algorithm is proposed, which can reduce the energy consumption and improve the network coverage. First, a mathematical model of HWSN coverage is established, which is a complex combinatorial optimization problem. To improve the global convergence speed of the proposed algorithm, a chaotic initialization method is used to generate the initial population. In addition, the SSO algorithm has a poor convergence speed and search ability, which is enhanced by improving the neighborhood search, global search, and matching radius. In the iterative optimization process, the optimal solution is ultimately obtained by simulating the movement law of the spider colony, i.e., according to the cooperation, mutual attraction, and mating process of female and male spiders. An improved SSO algorithm based on chaos, namely the CSSO algorithm, is proposed to apply to the optimal deployment of sensory nodes in HWSNs. On this basis, the optimization goals are to improve the network coverage and reduce network costs. The optimal deployment plan of nodes is searched via the proposed CSSO algorithm, which effectively prevents coverage blind spots and coverage redundancy in the network.

Image processing technology has always been a hot and difficult topic in the field of artificial intelligence. With the rise and development of machine learning and deep learning methods, swarm intelligence algorithms have become a hot research direction, and combining image processing technology with swarm intelligence algorithms has become a new and effective improvement method. Swarm intelligence algorithm refers to an intelligent computing method formed by simulating the evolutionary laws, behavior characteristics, and thinking patterns of insects, birds, natural phenomena, and other biological populations. It has efficient and parallel global optimization capabilities and strong optimization performance. In this paper, the ant colony algorithm, particle swarm optimization algorithm, sparrow search algorithm, bat algorithm, thimble colony algorithm, and other swarm intelligent optimization algorithms are deeply studied. The model, features, improvement strategies, and application fields of the algorithm in image processing, such as image segmentation, image matching, image classification, image feature extraction, and image edge detection, are comprehensively reviewed. The theoretical research, improvement strategies, and application research of image processing are comprehensively analyzed and compared. Combined with the current literature, the improvement methods of the above algorithms and the comprehensive improvement and application of image processing technology are analyzed and summarized. The representative algorithms of the swarm intelligence algorithm combined with image segmentation technology are extracted for list analysis and summary. Then, the unified framework, common characteristics, different differences of the swarm intelligence algorithm are summarized, existing problems are raised, and finally, the future trend is projected.

Aiming at the problems of node redundancy and network cost increase in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks, this article proposes an improved whale optimization algorithm coverage optimization method. First, establish a mathematical model that balances node utilization, coverage, and energy consumption. Second, use the sine–cosine algorithm to improve the whale optimization algorithm and change the convergence factor of the original algorithm. The linear decrease is changed to the nonlinear decrease of the cosine form, which balances the global search and local search capabilities, and adds the inertial weight of the synchronous cosine form to improve the optimization accuracy and speed up the search speed. The improved whale optimization algorithm solves the heterogeneous wireless sensor network coverage optimization model and obtains the optimal coverage scheme. Simulation experiments show that the proposed method can effectively improve the network coverage effect, as well as the utilization rate of nodes, and reduce network cost consumption.