A simple system for detection of EEG artifacts in polysomnographic recordings

Author

Durka, P.J. ; Klekowicz, H. ; Blinowska, K.J. ; Szelenberger, W. ; Niemcewicz, Sz.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Med. Phys., Warsaw Univ., Warszawa, Poland

Volume

50

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

526

Lastpage

528

Abstract

We present an efficient parametric system for automatic detection of electroencephalogram (EEG) artifacts in polysomnographic recordings. For each of the selected types of artifacts, a relevant parameter was calculated for a given epoch. If any of these parameters exceeded a threshold, the epoch was marked as an artifact. Performance of the system, evaluated on 18 overnight polysomnographic recordings, revealed concordance with decisions of human experts close to the interexpert agreement and the repeatability of expert´s decisions, assessed via a double-blind test. Complete software (Matlab source code) for the presented system is freely available from the Internet at http://brain.fuw.edu.pl/artifacts.

Keywords

electroencephalography; medical signal detection; EEG artifacts detection; Matlab source code; double-blind test; electrodiagnostics; expert´s decisions repeatability; interexpert agreement; overnight polysomnographic recordings; parameter calculation; signal epoch; threshold; Electrocardiography; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Electrooculography; Humans; Internet; Physics; Psychiatry; Sleep; System testing; Algorithms; Artifacts; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Double-Blind Method; Electroencephalography; Humans; Observer Variation; Polysomnography; Quality Control; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBME.2003.809476

Filename

1193788