Performance metrics for online seizure prediction

Many recent studies on online seizure prediction from iEEG signal describe various prediction algorithms and their prediction performance. In contrast, this paper focuses on proper specification of system parameters, such as prediction period, prediction horizon and data-driven characterization of lead seizures. Whereas prediction performance clearly depends on these system parameters many researchers simply set the values of these parameters in an ad hoc manner. Our paper investigates the effect of these system parameters on online prediction performance, using both synthetic and real-life data sets. Therefore, meaningful comparison of methods/algorithms (for online seizure prediction) should consider proper specification of system parameters.

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