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Neural Networks to Recognize Patterns in Topographic Images of Cortical Electrical Activity of Patients with Neurological Diseases

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Software such as EEGLab has enabled the treatment and visualization of the tracing and cortical topography of the electroencephalography (EEG) signals. In particular, the topography of the cortical electrical activity is represented by colors, which make it possible to identify functional differences between cortical areas and to associate them with various diseases. The use of cortical topography with EEG origin in the investigation of diseases is often not used due to the representation of colors making it difficult to classify the disease. Thus, the analyses have been carried out, mainly, based on the EEG tracings. Therefore, a computer system that recognizes disease patterns through cortical topography can be a solution to the diagnostic aid. In view of this, this study compared five models of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), namely: Inception v3, SqueezeNet, LeNet, VGG-16 and VGG-19, in order to know the patterns in cortical topography images obtained with EEG, in Parkinson's disease, Depression and Bipolar Disorder. SqueezeNet performed better in the 3 diseases analyzed, with Parkinson’s disease being better evaluated for Accuracy (88.89%), Precison (86.36%), Recall (91.94%) and F1 Score (89.06%), the other CNNs had less performance. In the analysis of the values of the Area under ROC Curve (AUC), SqueezeNet reached (93.90%) for Parkinson's disease, (75.70%) for Depression and (72.10%) for Bipolar Disorder. We understand that there is the possibility of classifying neurological diseases from cortical topographies with the use of CNNs and, thus, creating a computational basis for the implementation of software for screening and possible diagnostic assistance.

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The authors would like to thank the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and State of Maranhão Research Funding Agency (FAPEMA).

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de Meneses, F.G.A., Teles, A.S., Nunes, M. et al. Neural Networks to Recognize Patterns in Topographic Images of Cortical Electrical Activity of Patients with Neurological Diseases. Brain Topogr 35, 464–480 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-022-00901-4

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