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Brainatic: A System for Real-Time Epileptic Seizure Prediction

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Brain-Computer Interface Research

Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics ((BIOSYSROB,volume 6))

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A new system developed for real-time scalp EEG-based epileptic seizure prediction is presented, based on real time classification by machine learning methods, and named Brainatic. The system enables the consideration of previously trained classifiers for real-time seizure prediction. The software facilitates the computation of 22 univariate measures (features) per electrode, and classification using support vector machines (SVM), multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networks and radial basis functions (RBF) neural networks. Brainatic was able to operate in real-time on a dual Intel® AtomTM netbook with 2GB of RAM, and was used to perform the clinical and ambulatory tests of the EU project EPILEPSIAE.

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  1. CISUC - Centro de Informática e Sistemas da Universidade de Coimbra, 3030-290, Coimbra, Portugal

    César Teixeira, Bruno Direito, Mojtaba Bandarabadi & António Dourado

  2. Micromed S.p.A., Treviso, Italy

    Gianpietro Favaro & Bjorn Schelter

  3. Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Hinnerk Feldwisch-Drentrup

  4. Neurocentre, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Matthias Ihle & Andreas Schulze-Bonhage

  5. Centre de Recherche de l’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

    Catalina Alvarado, Michel Le Van Quyen & Vincent Navarro

  6. Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, SUPA, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

    Bjorn Schelter

  7. Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra-CHUC, Coimbra, Portugal

    Francisco Sales

  8. Epilepsy Unit, CHU Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France

    Vincent Navarro

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Teixeira, C. et al. (2014). Brainatic: A System for Real-Time Epileptic Seizure Prediction. In: Guger, C., Allison, B., Leuthardt, E. (eds) Brain-Computer Interface Research. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54707-2_2

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