SVD-based newborn EEG seizure detection in the time-frequency domain

Abstract

This paper utilises the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) technique applied to the time-frequency representation of Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals for detecting EEG seizures in neonates. Seizure in EEG signal may have signature in different frequency areas. This paper, is concentrated on the low frequency (lower than 10 Hz) signature of the seizures. The proposed technique uses the estimated distribution function of the singular vectors associated with the time-frequency representation of the EEG epoch to characterise the patterns embedded in the signal. The estimated distributed functions related to the seizure and nonseizure epochs were used to train a neural network to discriminate between seizure and nonseizure patterns.