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ArticleJournal of neuroscience methods2017

A semi-automated method for rapid detection of ripple events on interictal voltage discharges in the scalp electroencephalogram.

Catherine J Chu, Arthur Chan, Dan Song, Kevin J Staley, Steven M Stufflebeam, Mark A Kramer

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Article in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine J ChuDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States. Electronic address: cjchu@mgh.harvard.edu.
Arthur ChanVoci Technologies, Inc. 6301 Forbes Ave. #120, Pittsburg, PA, 15217, United States.
Dan SongDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Kevin J StaleyDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Steven M StufflebeamAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States; Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States.
Mark A KramerDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging · USBoston University · USVoci (United States) · US

Funding

ULTRAHIGH FIELD TECHNOLOGY FOR FUNCTIONAL IMAGINGP41RR014075 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMALAINEN, MATTI · 1999 to 2011
$16.4M
Functional Connectivity of Intrinsic Brain Activity for Presurgical MappingR01NS069696 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI STUFFLEBEAM, STEVEN · 2011 to 2015
$2.9M
Multiscale analysis and modeling of spatiotemporal dynamics in human epilepsyR01NS072023 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI EDEN, URI TZVI, KRAMER, MARK ALAN · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
Identification of Cortical Biomarkers for Seizure Risk in Childhood EpilepsyK23NS092923 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CHU, CATHERINE J · 2015 to 2020
$1.0M
CRCNS: Dynamic network analysis of human seizures for therapeutic interventionR01NS095369 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI CASH, SYDNEY S, KOLACZYK, ERIC D · 2015 to 2017
$950k
Elekta Neuromag Electronics UpgradeS10RR031599 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMALAINEN, MATTI · 2011 to 2011
$350k
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR014075NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR031599NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS092923NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS069696NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS072023NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS095369
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHigh frequency oscillations are emerging as a clinically important indicator of epileptic networks. However, manual detection of these high frequency oscillations is difficult, time consuming, and subjective, especially in the scalp EEG, thus hindering further clinical exploration and application. Semi-automated detection methods augment manual detection by reducing inspection to a subset of time intervals. We propose a new method to detect high frequency oscillations that co-occur with interictal epileptiform discharges. NEW

methodThe new method proceeds in two steps. The first step identifies candidate time intervals during which high frequency activity is increased. The second step computes a set of seven features for each candidate interval. These features require that the candidate event contain a high frequency oscillation approximately sinusoidal in shape, with at least three cycles, that co-occurs with a large amplitude discharge. Candidate events that satisfy these features are stored for validation through visual analysis.

resultsWe evaluate the detector performance in simulation and on ten examples of scalp EEG data, and show that the proposed method successfully detects spike-ripple events, with high positive predictive value, low false positive rate, and high intra-rater reliability. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING

methodThe proposed method is less sensitive than the existing method of visual inspection, but much faster and much more reliable.

conclusionsAccurate and rapid detection of high frequency activity increases the clinical viability of this rhythmic biomarker of epilepsy. The proposed spike-ripple detector rapidly identifies candidate spike-ripple events, thus making clinical analysis of prolonged, multielectrode scalp EEG recordings tractable.

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Computer SimulationElectroencephalographyAdolescentAnimalsBrainBrain WavesChildEpilepsyFemaleHumansMaleModels, NeurologicalAutomated detectionEEGHigh frequency oscillationsRipples

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