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Migraine detection from EEG signals using tunable Q-factor wavelet transform and ensemble learning techniques

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Migraine is one of the major neurovascular diseases that recur, can persist for a long time, cripple or weaken the brain. This study uses electroencephalogram (EEG) signals for the diagnosis of migraine, and a computer-aided diagnosis system is presented to support expert opinion. A tunable Q-factor wavelet transform (TQWT) based method is proposed for the analysis of the oscillatory structure of EEG signals. With TQWT, EEG signals are decomposed into sub bands. Then, the features are statistically calculated from these bands. The success of the obtained features in distinguishing between migraine patients and healthy control subjects was performed using the Kruskal Wallis test. Feature values ​​obtained from each sub band were classified using well-known ensemble learning techniques and their classification performances were tested. Among the evaluated classifiers, the highest classification performance was achieved as 89.6% by using the Rotation Forest algorithm with the features obtained with Sub band 2. These results reveal the potential of the study as a tool that will support expert opinion in the diagnosis of migraine.

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The data used in this study are taken from the publicly available data set. Data set is available at “https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/dataset/Ultra_highdensity_EEG_recording_of_interictal_migraine_and_controls_sensory_and_rest/12636731” [19].

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Aslan, Z. Migraine detection from EEG signals using tunable Q-factor wavelet transform and ensemble learning techniques. Phys Eng Sci Med 44, 1201–1212 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13246-021-01055-6

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