Timing matters for accurate identification of the epileptogenic zone.

Journal: Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Interictal biomarkers of the epileptogenic zone (EZ) and their use in machine learning models open promising avenues for improvement of epilepsy surgery evaluation. Currently, most studies restrict their analysis to short segments of intracranial EEG (iEEG).

Authors

  • Bartlomiej Chybowski
    University of Edinburgh, School of Medicine, Deanery of Clinical Sciences, 47 Little France Crescent, EH164TJ Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Petr Klimes
  • Jan Cimbalnik
  • Vojtech Travnicek
    Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS, v. v. i., Královopolská 147, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Petr Nejedly
    Mayo Systems Electrophysiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
  • Martin Pail
    Brno Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Laure Peter-Derex
    Center for Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Diseases, Lyon University Hospital, Lyon 1 University, 103 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69004 Lyon, France; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, CH Le Vinatier - Bâtiment 462 - Neurocampus, 95 Bd Pinel, 69500 Lyon, France.
  • Jeff Hall
    Montreal Neurological Hospital, McGill University, 3801 Rue University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Quebec, Canada.
  • François Dubeau
    Montreal Neurological Hospital, McGill University, 3801 Rue University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Quebec, Canada.
  • Pavel Jurak
  • Milan Brazdil
    Brno Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Birgit Frauscher
    Montreal Neurological Hospital, McGill University, 3801 Rue University, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Quebec, Canada; Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical School and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, 2424 Erwin Road, Durham, NC, 27705, USA. Electronic address: birgit.frauscher@duke.edu.