Towards Deeper Neural Networks for Neonatal Seizure Detection.

Journal: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Abstract

Machine learning and more recently deep learning have become valuable tools in clinical decision making for neonatal seizure detection. This work proposes a deep neural network architecture which is capable of extracting information from long segments of EEG. Residual connections as well as data augmentation and a more robust optimizer are efficiently exploited to train a deeper architecture with an increased receptive field and longer EEG input. The proposed system is tested on a large clinical dataset of 4,570 hours of duration and benchmarked on a publicly available Helsinki dataset of 112 hours duration. The performance has improved from an AUC of 95.41% to an AUC of 97.73% when compared to a deep learning baseline.

Authors

  • Aengus Daly
    Munster Technological University, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address: Aengus.Daly@mtu.ie.
  • Alison O'Shea
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Cork, College Rd, Cork, Ireland; INFANT Research Centre, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address: alisonoshea@umail.ucc.ie.
  • Gordon Lightbody
    Neonatal Brain Research Group, Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), Ireland; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University College Cork, Ireland.
  • Andriy Temko
    Neonatal Brain Research Group, Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), Ireland; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University College Cork, Ireland.