Classification of convulsive psychogenic non-epileptic seizures using histogram of oriented motion of accelerometry signals

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015 Aug:2015:586-9. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318430.

Abstract

A seizure is caused due to sudden surge of electrical activity within the brain. There is another class of seizures called psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES) that mimics epilepsy, but is caused due to underlying psychology. The diagnosis of PNES is done using video-electroencephalography monitoring (VEM), which is a resource intensive process. Recently, accelerometers have been shown to be effective in classification of epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. In this work, we propose a novel feature called histogram of oriented motion (HOOM) extracted from accelerometer signals for classification of convulsive PNES. An automated algorithm based on HOOM is proposed. The algorithm showed a high sensitivity of (93.33%) and an overall accuracy of (80%) in classifying convulsive PNES.

MeSH terms

  • Accelerometry
  • Brain
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy
  • Humans
  • Seizures*
  • Video Recording