Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks

Since the increase in neuronal activity during an epileptic attack affects the voluntary nervous system, and the voluntary nervous system also affects the heart rate variability, it can be concluded that seizures can be predicted by monitoring heart rate variability. In this study, a new method for...

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Main Authors: Ying Jiang, Yuan Feng, Danni Lu, Lin Yang, Qun Zhang, Haiyan Yang, Ning Li
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Published: Tamkang University Press 2025-01-01
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Online Access:http://jase.tku.edu.tw/articles/jase-202508-28-08-0017
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description Since the increase in neuronal activity during an epileptic attack affects the voluntary nervous system, and the voluntary nervous system also affects the heart rate variability, it can be concluded that seizures can be predicted by monitoring heart rate variability. In this study, a new method for predicting epilepsy through the analysis of heart rate variability is proposed. In the proposed method, 12 features are extracted from the heart rate variability signal in time, frequency, time-frequency, and nonlinear domains to predict epileptic seizures. We used a multivariate statistical process control algorithm for abnormality detection. The presented algorithm was evaluated on a dataset consisting of 17 patients, where the obtained results show that the proposed method can predict epileptic attacks with an accuracy of 88.2%. From a practical point of view, due to the ease of obtaining the heart rate variability signal, the proposed algorithm is more promising than the algorithms that use brain signal processing to predict epilepsy.
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spelling doaj-art-1bfc28b1aa7a4913a6e26e10e7599d612025-01-31T15:21:39ZengTamkang University PressJournal of Applied Science and Engineering2708-99672708-99752025-01-012881805181510.6180/jase.202508_28(8).0017Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic AttacksYing Jiang0Yuan Feng1Danni Lu2Lin Yang3Qun Zhang4Haiyan Yang5Ning Li6Department of Neurology, Ruikang Hospital affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, 530011, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Ruikang Hospital affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, 530011, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Ruikang Hospital affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, 530011, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Ruikang Hospital affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, 530011, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Ruikang Hospital affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, 530011, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Ruikang Hospital affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, 530011, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, Ruikang Hospital affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi, 530011, ChinaSince the increase in neuronal activity during an epileptic attack affects the voluntary nervous system, and the voluntary nervous system also affects the heart rate variability, it can be concluded that seizures can be predicted by monitoring heart rate variability. In this study, a new method for predicting epilepsy through the analysis of heart rate variability is proposed. In the proposed method, 12 features are extracted from the heart rate variability signal in time, frequency, time-frequency, and nonlinear domains to predict epileptic seizures. We used a multivariate statistical process control algorithm for abnormality detection. The presented algorithm was evaluated on a dataset consisting of 17 patients, where the obtained results show that the proposed method can predict epileptic attacks with an accuracy of 88.2%. From a practical point of view, due to the ease of obtaining the heart rate variability signal, the proposed algorithm is more promising than the algorithms that use brain signal processing to predict epilepsy.http://jase.tku.edu.tw/articles/jase-202508-28-08-0017disease diagnosisepilepsyheart ratesignal processingmultivariate statistical process
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Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks
Journal of Applied Science and Engineering
disease diagnosis
epilepsy
heart rate
signal processing
multivariate statistical process
title Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks
title_full Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks
title_fullStr Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks
title_full_unstemmed Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks
title_short Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks
title_sort using electrocardiogram signal features and heart rate variability to predict epileptic attacks
topic disease diagnosis
epilepsy
heart rate
signal processing
multivariate statistical process
url http://jase.tku.edu.tw/articles/jase-202508-28-08-0017
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