Automatic detection of prominent interictal spikes in intracranial EEG: Validation of an algorithm and relationsip to the seizure onset zone

OBJECTIVE To develop an algorithm for the automatic quantitative description and detection of spikes in the intracranial EEG and quantify the relationship between prominent spikes and the seizure onset zone. METHODS An algorithm was developed for the quantification of time-frequency properties of spikes (upslope, instantaneous energy, downslope) and their statistical representation in a univariate generalized extreme value distribution. Its performance was evaluated in comparison to expert detection of spikes in intracranial EEG recordings from 10 patients. It was subsequently used in 18 patients to detect prominent spikes and quantify their spatial relationship to the seizure onset area. RESULTS The algorithm displayed an average sensitivity of 63.4% with a false detection rate of 3.2 per minute for the detection of individual spikes and an average sensitivity of 88.6% with a false detection rate of 1.4% for the detection of intracranial EEG contacts containing the most prominent spikes. Prominent spikes occurred closer to the seizure onset area than less prominent spikes but they overlapped with it only in a minority of cases (3/18). CONCLUSIONS Automatic detection and quantification of the morphology of spikes increases their utility to localize the seizure onset area. Prominent spikes tend to originate mostly from contacts located in the close vicinity of the seizure onset area rather than from within it. SIGNIFICANCE Quantitative analysis of time-frequency characteristics and spatial distribution of intracranial spikes provides complementary information that may be useful for the localization of the seizure-onset zone.

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