This book presents advanced methodologies in two areas related to
electroencephalogram (EEG) signals: detection of epileptic seizures and
identification of mental states in brain computer interface (BCI)
systems. The proposed methods enable the extraction of this vital
information from EEG signals in order to accurately detect abnormalities
revealed by the EEG. New methods will relieve the time-consuming and
error-prone practices that are currently in use.
Common signal processing methodologies include wavelet transformation
and Fourier transformation, but these methods are not capable of
managing the size of EEG data. Addressing the issue, this book examines
new EEG signal analysis approaches with a combination of statistical
techniques (e.g. random sampling, optimum allocation) and machine
learning methods. The developed methods provide better results than the
existing methods. The book also offers applications of the developed
methodologies that have been tested on several real-time benchmark
databases.
This book concludes with thoughts on the future of the field and
anticipated research challenges. It gives new direction to the field of
analysis and classification of EEG signals through these more efficient
methodologies. Researchers and experts will benefit from its suggested
improvements to the current computer-aided based diagnostic systems for
the precise analysis and management of EEG signals.