Classification of Convulsive Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures Using Muscle Transforms Obtained from Accelerometry Signal

Abstract

Convulsive psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES) can be characterized as events which mimics epileptic seizures but do not show any characteristic changes on electroencephalogram (EEG). Correct diagnosis requires video-electroencephalography monitoring (VEM) as the diagnosis of PNES is extremely difficult in primary health care. Recent work has demonstrated the usefulness of accelerometry signal taken during a seizure in classification of PNES. In this work, a new direction has been explored to understand the role of different muscles in PNES. This is achieved by modeling the muscle activity of ten different upper limb muscles as a resultant function of accelerometer signal. Using these m..