title: Patient non-specific algorithm for seizures detection in scalp EEG.
abstract: Epilepsy is a brain disorder that affects about 1% of the population in the world. Seizure detection is an important component in both the diagnosis of epilepsy and seizure control. In this work a patient non-specific strategy for seizure detection based on Stationary Wavelet Transform of EEG signals is developed. A new set of features is proposed based on an average process. The seizure detection consisted in finding the EEG segments with seizures and their onset and offset points. The proposed offline method was tested in scalp EEG records of 24-48h of duration of 18 epileptic patients. The method reached mean values of specificity of 99.9%, sensitivity of 87.5% and a false positive rate per hour of 0.9.
authors.affiliation: Gabinete de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ), San Juan, Argentina. Electronic address: lorosco@gateme.unsj.edu.ar.
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orosco
authors.affiliation: Gabinete de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ), San Juan, Argentina. Electronic address: agarces@gateme.unsj.edu.ar.
authors.forename: Agustina Garcés
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.affiliation: Gabinete de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ), San Juan, Argentina. Electronic address: pdiez@gateme.unsj.edu.ar.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Diez
authors.affiliation: Gabinete de Tecnología Médica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (UNSJ), San Juan, Argentina. Electronic address: laciar@gateme.unsj.edu.ar.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Laciar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
keywords: Detection; EEG; Epilepsy; Seizure