Automated Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Using the Combination of Short-Time Energy and Convolutional Neural Networks

High-frequency oscillations (HFOs) of 80~500 Hz in the intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) recordings are considered as a reliable marker for epileptic location. However, a significant challenge to the clinical use of HFOs is due to the time-consuming procedure of visually identifyin...

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Main Authors: Dakun Lai, Xinyue Zhang, Kefei Ma, Zichu Chen, Wenjing Chen, Heng Zhang, Han Yuan, Lei Ding
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Heng Zhang
Han Yuan
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description High-frequency oscillations (HFOs) of 80~500 Hz in the intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) recordings are considered as a reliable marker for epileptic location. However, a significant challenge to the clinical use of HFOs is due to the time-consuming procedure of visually identifying them. A new methodology is presented in this paper for the automated detection of HFOs based on their 2D time–frequency map employing the short-time energy (STE) estimation and the convolutional neural network (CNN) classification algorithm. The effectiveness and usefulness of the proposed method are evaluated using the clinical iEEG data acquired from five patients (28.4 ± 13.0 years) with medically intractable epilepsy. The proposed methodology presents the following significant advantages: 1) compared with the recently reported HFOs detector based on the CNN using only the 1D temporal EEG signal, the proposed method achieves a higher accuracy using the deep CNN classifier on 2D time–frequency map of HFOs, of which the evaluated sensitivity and false discovery rate (FDR) for identifying ripples are 88.16% and 12.58%, respectively, and the corresponding sensitivity and FDR are 93.37% and 8.1% for detecting fast ripples, respectively; 2) it is capable of automatically extracting the shared features of HFOs events of different patients and would be much robust, unlike other automated methodologies proposed in the literature where the characteristics of HFOs were extracted manually on the basis of researchers’ knowledge, which, probably, is prone to observer bias; and 3) with the proposed STE estimation, all suspicious ripples and fast ripples could be initially found out and transformed into time–frequency map for subsequently CNN-based classification, rather than transforming and classifying the raw data, thus requiring a lower computational resource. In addition, the time occurrence of each transient event of the HFOs can be identified to be potentially useful for further seizure analysis. In conclusion, this automated detection of the HFOs combing the STE and the CNN could allow analyzing large amounts of data in a short time while assuring a relatively higher accuracy and, thus, would potentially serve to provide a clinically useful tool.
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spelling doaj-art-4bc29aa27fc34690821d636feb349ce22025-08-20T02:07:28ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-017825018251110.1109/ACCESS.2019.29232818737675Automated Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Using the Combination of Short-Time Energy and Convolutional Neural NetworksDakun Lai0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9070-1721Xinyue Zhang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8133-6715Kefei Ma2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0111-7513Zichu Chen3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9422-6611Wenjing Chen4Heng Zhang5Han Yuan6Lei Ding7School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaStephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USAStephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USAHigh-frequency oscillations (HFOs) of 80~500 Hz in the intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) recordings are considered as a reliable marker for epileptic location. However, a significant challenge to the clinical use of HFOs is due to the time-consuming procedure of visually identifying them. A new methodology is presented in this paper for the automated detection of HFOs based on their 2D time–frequency map employing the short-time energy (STE) estimation and the convolutional neural network (CNN) classification algorithm. The effectiveness and usefulness of the proposed method are evaluated using the clinical iEEG data acquired from five patients (28.4 ± 13.0 years) with medically intractable epilepsy. The proposed methodology presents the following significant advantages: 1) compared with the recently reported HFOs detector based on the CNN using only the 1D temporal EEG signal, the proposed method achieves a higher accuracy using the deep CNN classifier on 2D time–frequency map of HFOs, of which the evaluated sensitivity and false discovery rate (FDR) for identifying ripples are 88.16% and 12.58%, respectively, and the corresponding sensitivity and FDR are 93.37% and 8.1% for detecting fast ripples, respectively; 2) it is capable of automatically extracting the shared features of HFOs events of different patients and would be much robust, unlike other automated methodologies proposed in the literature where the characteristics of HFOs were extracted manually on the basis of researchers’ knowledge, which, probably, is prone to observer bias; and 3) with the proposed STE estimation, all suspicious ripples and fast ripples could be initially found out and transformed into time–frequency map for subsequently CNN-based classification, rather than transforming and classifying the raw data, thus requiring a lower computational resource. In addition, the time occurrence of each transient event of the HFOs can be identified to be potentially useful for further seizure analysis. In conclusion, this automated detection of the HFOs combing the STE and the CNN could allow analyzing large amounts of data in a short time while assuring a relatively higher accuracy and, thus, would potentially serve to provide a clinically useful tool.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8737675/Convolutional neural networks (CNNs)epilepsyhigh frequency oscillations (HFOs)intracranial electroencephalograms (iEEG)short time energy (STE)
spellingShingle Dakun Lai
Xinyue Zhang
Kefei Ma
Zichu Chen
Wenjing Chen
Heng Zhang
Han Yuan
Lei Ding
Automated Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Using the Combination of Short-Time Energy and Convolutional Neural Networks
IEEE Access
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
epilepsy
high frequency oscillations (HFOs)
intracranial electroencephalograms (iEEG)
short time energy (STE)
title Automated Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Using the Combination of Short-Time Energy and Convolutional Neural Networks
title_full Automated Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Using the Combination of Short-Time Energy and Convolutional Neural Networks
title_fullStr Automated Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Using the Combination of Short-Time Energy and Convolutional Neural Networks
title_full_unstemmed Automated Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Using the Combination of Short-Time Energy and Convolutional Neural Networks
title_short Automated Detection of High Frequency Oscillations in Intracranial EEG Using the Combination of Short-Time Energy and Convolutional Neural Networks
title_sort automated detection of high frequency oscillations in intracranial eeg using the combination of short time energy and convolutional neural networks
topic Convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
epilepsy
high frequency oscillations (HFOs)
intracranial electroencephalograms (iEEG)
short time energy (STE)
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8737675/
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