Automatic Epilepsy Detection Based on Wavelets Constructed From Data

Epileptic seizures are caused by excessive, synchronized activity of large groups of neurons. In human electroencephalograph (EEG), they are reflected by multiple epileptic characteristic waves. Based on the idea of template matching, this paper presents a patient-specific approach for the automatic...

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Main Authors: Zhenghui Gu, Gang Yan, Jun Zhang, Yuanqing Li, Zhu Liang Yu
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8457077/
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author Zhenghui Gu
Gang Yan
Jun Zhang
Yuanqing Li
Zhu Liang Yu
author_facet Zhenghui Gu
Gang Yan
Jun Zhang
Yuanqing Li
Zhu Liang Yu
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description Epileptic seizures are caused by excessive, synchronized activity of large groups of neurons. In human electroencephalograph (EEG), they are reflected by multiple epileptic characteristic waves. Based on the idea of template matching, this paper presents a patient-specific approach for the automatic detection of epileptic seizures. In our method, a set of wavelets are constructed based on the epileptic characteristic waves extracted from training EEG signals, and then continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is performed on the recorded EEG. The coefficients of CWT reflect the similarity of the recorded EEG and the epileptic characteristic waveforms and thus can be used to detect if the epileptic characteristic waveforms exist in the EEG. After applying data fusion to the CWT coefficient matrices corresponding to the multiple constructed wavelets, the boundaries of seizures can be determined. In the experiment, our constructed wavelets performed better in the detection of epileptic characteristic waves compared to the Daubechies wavelet. We analyzed the EEG of 10 patients and our method detected 32 out of 34 seizures and declared five false detections. Therefore, our method is promising for the automatic detection of epileptic seizures and the real-time monitoring of patients' EEG signal.
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spelling doaj.art-fdc38e6682cc4a8a9e118a696ad3f5cd2022-12-21T18:18:26ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362018-01-016531335314010.1109/ACCESS.2018.28676428457077Automatic Epilepsy Detection Based on Wavelets Constructed From DataZhenghui Gu0Gang Yan1Jun Zhang2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-0941Yuanqing Li3Zhu Liang Yu4College of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaEpileptic seizures are caused by excessive, synchronized activity of large groups of neurons. In human electroencephalograph (EEG), they are reflected by multiple epileptic characteristic waves. Based on the idea of template matching, this paper presents a patient-specific approach for the automatic detection of epileptic seizures. In our method, a set of wavelets are constructed based on the epileptic characteristic waves extracted from training EEG signals, and then continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is performed on the recorded EEG. The coefficients of CWT reflect the similarity of the recorded EEG and the epileptic characteristic waveforms and thus can be used to detect if the epileptic characteristic waveforms exist in the EEG. After applying data fusion to the CWT coefficient matrices corresponding to the multiple constructed wavelets, the boundaries of seizures can be determined. In the experiment, our constructed wavelets performed better in the detection of epileptic characteristic waves compared to the Daubechies wavelet. We analyzed the EEG of 10 patients and our method detected 32 out of 34 seizures and declared five false detections. Therefore, our method is promising for the automatic detection of epileptic seizures and the real-time monitoring of patients' EEG signal.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8457077/EEGconstructed waveletcontinuous wavelet transformepileptic seizure detection
spellingShingle Zhenghui Gu
Gang Yan
Jun Zhang
Yuanqing Li
Zhu Liang Yu
Automatic Epilepsy Detection Based on Wavelets Constructed From Data
IEEE Access
EEG
constructed wavelet
continuous wavelet transform
epileptic seizure detection
title Automatic Epilepsy Detection Based on Wavelets Constructed From Data
title_full Automatic Epilepsy Detection Based on Wavelets Constructed From Data
title_fullStr Automatic Epilepsy Detection Based on Wavelets Constructed From Data
title_full_unstemmed Automatic Epilepsy Detection Based on Wavelets Constructed From Data
title_short Automatic Epilepsy Detection Based on Wavelets Constructed From Data
title_sort automatic epilepsy detection based on wavelets constructed from data
topic EEG
constructed wavelet
continuous wavelet transform
epileptic seizure detection
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8457077/
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