A computational biomarker of idiopathic generalized epilepsy from resting state EEG
Schmidt, H; Woldman, W; Goodfellow, M; et al.Chowdhury, FA; Koutroumanidis, M; Jewell, S; Richardson, MP; Terry, JR
Date: 8 August 2016
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Journal
Epilepsia
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Wiley
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Abstract
Epilepsy is one of the commonest serious neurological conditions. It is characterized by the tendency to have recurrent seizures, which arise against a backdrop of apparently normal brain activity. At present, clinical diagnosis relies on: (i) case history, which can be unreliable; (ii) observing transient abnormal activity during ...
Epilepsy is one of the commonest serious neurological conditions. It is characterized by the tendency to have recurrent seizures, which arise against a backdrop of apparently normal brain activity. At present, clinical diagnosis relies on: (i) case history, which can be unreliable; (ii) observing transient abnormal activity during electroencephalography (EEG), which may not be present during clinical evaluation; (iii) if diagnostic uncertainty occurs, undertaking prolonged monitoring in an attempt to observe EEG abnormalities, which is costly. Herein, we describe the discovery and validation of an epilepsy biomarker based on computational analysis of a short segment of resting-state (inter-ictal) EEG. Our method utilizes a computer model of dynamic networks, where the network is inferred from the extent of synchrony between EEG channels (functional networks) and the normalized power spectrum of the clinical data. We optimize model parameters using a leave-one-out classification on a dataset comprising 30 people with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and 38 normal controls. Applying this scheme to all 68 subjects we find 100% specificity at 56.7% sensitivity, and 100% sensitivity at 65.8% specificity. We believe this biomarker could readily provide additional support to the diagnostic process
Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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