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The Seizure Prediction Characteristic

A new terminology and assessment criterion for epileptic seizure prediction methods

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Abstract

Epilepsy is characterized by the sudden occurrence of seizures disturbing the perception or behavior of epileptic patients. Several prediction methods have claimed to be able to predict seizures based on EEG-recordings minutes in advance, which opens up new approaches to treat the disease. However, the term seizure prediction is not unequivocally defined and different assessment criteria for prediction methods exist which impedes the comparison between methods. Moreover, only little attention is paid to the dependency between sensitivity and false prediction rate. We address these shortcomings and introduce a terminology and assessment criterion for seizure prediction methods based on statistical and clinical considerations: the seizure prediction characteristic.

Keywords

  • Epilepsy
  • seizure prediction
  • seizure prediction characteristic
  • sensitivity
  • false prediction rate

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  1. FDM, Center for Data Analysis and Modeling, University of Freiburg, Eckerstr. 1, 79104, Freiburg, Germany

    T. Maiwald, M. Winterhalder, H. U. Voss & J. Timmer

  2. Epilepsy Center, University Hospital of Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 64, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    R. Aschenbrenner-Scheibe & A. Schulze-Bonhage

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  1. Departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, USA

    P. M. Pardalos

  2. Departments of Neuroscience, Neurology, Pediatrics, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida; VA Medical Center, USA

    J. C. Sackellares

  3. Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Neuroscience, University of Florida, USA

    P. R. Carney

  4. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Arizona State University, USA

    L. D. Iasemidis

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Maiwald, T., Winterhalder, M., Voss, H.U., Aschenbrenner-Scheibe, R., Schulze-Bonhage, A., Timmer, J. (2004). The Seizure Prediction Characteristic. In: Pardalos, P.M., Sackellares, J.C., Carney, P.R., Iasemidis, L.D. (eds) Quantitative Neuroscience. Biocomputing, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0225-4_5

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