AUTHOR=Jiang Lurong , Fan Qikai , Ren Juntao , Dong Fang , Jiang Tiejia , Liu Junbiao TITLE=An improved BECT spike detection method with functional brain network features based on PLV JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroscience VOLUME=17 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1150668 DOI=10.3389/fnins.2023.1150668 ISSN=1662-453X ABSTRACT=Background

Children with benign childhood epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (BECT) have spikes, sharps, and composite waves on their electroencephalogram (EEG). It is necessary to detect spikes to diagnose BECT clinically. The template matching method can identify spikes effectively. However, due to the individual specificity, finding representative templates to detect spikes in actual applications is often challenging.

Purpose

This paper proposes a spike detection method using functional brain networks based on phase locking value (FBN-PLV) and deep learning.

Methods

To obtain high detection effect, this method uses a specific template matching method and the ‘peak-to-peak' phenomenon of montages to obtain a set of candidate spikes. With the set of candidate spikes, functional brain networks (FBN) are constructed based on phase locking value (PLV) to extract the features of the network structure during spike discharge with phase synchronization. Finally, the time domain features of the candidate spikes and the structural features of the FBN-PLV are input into the artificial neural network (ANN) to identify the spikes.

Results

Based on FBN-PLV and ANN, the EEG data sets of four BECT cases from the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine are tested with the AC of 97.6%, SE of 98.3%, and SP 96.8%.