Multiple classification of EEG signals and epileptic seizure diagnosis with combined deep learning

Epilepsy stands out as one of the common neurological diseases. The neural activity of the brain is observed using electroencephalography (EEG), which allows the diagnosis of epilepsy disease. The aim of this study is to create a combined deep learning model that automatically detects epileptic seizure activity, detection of the epileptic region and classifies EEG signals by using images representing the time-frequency components of the time series EEG signal and numerical values of the raw EEG signals. In the study, 3 different public datasets, CHB-MIT, Bern-Barcelona and Bonn EEG records were used. This study presents a combined model using the time sequence of EEG signals and time-frequency-image transformations of time-dependent EEG signals. CWT and STFT methods were used to convert signals to images. Two models were created separately with the images created by CWT and STFT methods. In the Bonn dataset average accuracy rates of 99.07 %, 99.28 %, respectively, in binary classifications and 97.60 % and 98.56 %, respectively, in multiple classifications were obtained with scalogram and spectrogram images. In the Bern-Barcelona and CHB-MIT datasets, 95.46 % and 96.23 % accuracy rates were obtained, respectively. The data combinations brought together in 3 different combinations with the Bonn dataset were underwent to 8-fold cross validation and average accuracy rates of 99.21 % (± 0.56), 99.50 % (± 0.45), and 98.84 % (± 1.58) were obtained. The model we created can detect whether there is epileptic seizure activity in EEG data, detection of the epileptic region and classify EEG signals with a high success rate.