Paper Info
Title
Evaluation of EEG dynamic connectivity around seizure onset with principal component analysis
Abstract
Seizures represent a brain activity state charac-terised by extended synchronised firing in multiple regions that prevent normal brain functioning. It is important to develop methods to distinguish between normal and abnormal synchro-nisation in epilepsy, as well as to localise the networks involved in seizures. To this end, we perform a preliminary investigation in the use of principal components analysis (PCA) to assess the change in dynamic electroencephalogram (EEG) connectivity before and after seizure onset. Source estimation was performed for an openly available EEG dataset from 14 patients with epilepsy. By applying PCA onto the EEG data processed into dynamic connectivity (dFC) matrices, we identified a set of connectivity topologies (eigenconnectivities) that explain high levels of variance in the dynamic connectivity. We compare the dimensionality reduction results obtained on source-level vs. scalp-level connectivity. We identified eigenconnectivities with differences in preictal vs. ictal activity and the brain networks associated with these activations. The work illustrates a data-driven approach for identification of topologies of brain networks that change with seizure onset. Clinical relevance We identified networks that are signifi-cantly varying with preictal vs. ictal brain activity some of which verify preexistent epilepsy markers in a data-driven way.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871650
2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Brain,Electroencephalography,Humans,Principal Component Analysis,Scalp,Seizures
Conference
2022
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2375-7477
978-1-7281-2783-5
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Iris L Soare100.34
Javier Escudero200.34