Discrimination of Types of Seizure Using Brain Rhythms Based on Markov Transition Field and Deep Learning

Abstract

Discrimination of types of seizure using the Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal has always been a challenging task due to minuscule differences among different types of seizures. In this regard, deep learning (DL) which has already evidenced notable performance in image recognition could be suitable. However, a few attempts have been made so far in this regard mainly by constructing 2D input images for DL from 1D EEG signals directly using various techniques. Besides, the quality of the generated images has not been verified. Therefore, in this work, 2D images for the DL pipeline have been generated from brain rhythms, which already displayed remarkable performance in analyzing various brain activities. For this purpose, the Markov transition field transformation technique has been employed for 2D image construction by preserving statistical dynamics characteristics of EEG signals, which are very important during the discrimination of different types of seizures. And, a convolution neural network (CNN) has been used for classification. Further, the quality of the 2D image along with appropriate brain rhythms have also been investigated. For experimental validation, EEG recordings of six different types of seizure that are provided by the Temple University EEG dataset (TUH v1.5.2) has been taken into account. The proposed method has achieved the highest classification accuracy and weighted F1-score up to 91.1% and 91.0% respectively. Further analysis shows that higher image resolution can provide the best classification accuracy. In addition, the δ rhythm has been found the most suitable in seizure type classification. In a comparative study, the proposed idea demonstrated its superiority by displaying the uppermost classification performance.