Automatic lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy based on scalp EEG.

Fiche publication


Date publication

novembre 2006

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr WOLF Didier


Tous les auteurs :
Caparos M, Louis-Dorr V, Wendling F, Maillard L, Wolf D

Résumé

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work is the determination of the lateralization of the epileptic seizure onset zone using the scalp EEG signal processing. METHODS: A comprehensive method based on the evaluation of the evolution of the correlation coefficients computed between bipolar channels (longitudinal montage) was applied to 43 patients (87 seizures). The correlation coefficients are estimated by a nonlinear regression analysis. The methodology that leads to the lateralization is based on several processing steps: segmentation, seizure onset determination and then lateralization. RESULTS: Results show that the mean level of the nonlinear correlation values computed between EEG channels at the seizure onset time is significantly higher on the side of the beginning of a seizure. CONCLUSIONS: The side of the seizure onset was determined for about 80-90% of the seizures studied with a satisfactory high reproducibility level. SIGNIFICANCE: Comparison of nonlinear correlation coefficients between both sides of the brain leads to the determination of the side of seizure onset.

Référence

Clin Neurophysiol. 2006 Nov;117(11):2414-23