A Unique Approach to Epilepsy Classification from EEG Signals Using Dimensionality Reduction and Neural Networks

Abstract

Characterized by recurrent and rapid seizures, epilepsy is a great threat to the livelihood of the human beings. Abnormal transient behaviour of neurons in the cortical regions of the brain leads to a seizure which characterizes epilepsy. The physical and mental activities of the patient are totally dampened with this epileptic seizure. A significant clinical tool for the study, analysis and diagnosis of the epilepsy is electroencephalogram (EEG). To detect such seizures, EEG signals aids greatly to the clinical experts and it is used as an important tool for the analysis of brain disorders, especially epilepsy. In this paper, the high dimensional EEG data are reduced to a low dimension by incorporating techniques such as Fuzzy Mutual Information (FMI), Independent Component Analysis (ICA), Linear Graph Embedding (LGE), Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and Variational Bayesian Matrix Factorization (VBMF). After employing them as dimensionality reduction techniques, the Neural Networks (NN) such as Cascaded Feed Forward Neural Network (CFFNN), Time Delay Neural Network (TDNN) and Generalized Regression Neural Network (GRNN) are used as Post Classifiers for the Classification of Epilepsy Risk Levels from EEG signals. The bench mark parameters used here are Performance Index (PI), Quality Values (QV), Time Delay, Accuracy, Specificity and Sensitivity.