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Topological data analysis (TDA) has proven to be a potent approach for extracting intricate topological structures from complex and high-dimensional data. In this paper, we propose a TDA-based processing pipeline for analyzing multi-channel scalp EEG data. The pipeline starts with extracting both frequency and temporal information from the signals via the Hilbert–Huang Transform. The sequences of instantaneous frequency and instantaneous amplitude across all electrode channels are treated as approximations of curves in the high-dimensional space. TDA features, which represent the local topological structure of the curves, are further extracted and used in the classification models. Three sets of scalp EEG data, including one collected in a lab and two Brain–computer Interface (BCI) competition data, were used to validate the proposed methods, and compare with other state-of-art TDA methods. The proposed TDA-based approach shows superior performance and outperform the winner of the BCI competition. Besides BCI, the proposed method can also be applied to spatial and temporal data in other domains such as computer vision, remote sensing, and medical imaging.
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Dynamic topological data analysis: a novel fractal dimension-based testing framework with application to brain signals
Topological data analysis (TDA) is increasingly recognized as a promising tool in the field of neuroscience, unveiling the underlying topological patterns within brain signals. However, most TDA related methods treat brain signals as if they were static, i.e., they ignore potential non-stationarities and irregularities in the statistical properties of the signals. In this study, we develop a novel fractal dimension-based testing approach that takes into account the dynamic topological properties of brain signals. By representing EEG brain signals as a sequence of Vietoris-Rips filtrations, our approach accommodates the inherent non-stationarities and irregularities of the signals. The application of our novel fractal dimension-based testing approach in analyzing dynamic topological patterns in EEG signals during an epileptic seizure episode exposes noteworthy alterations in total persistence across 0, 1, and 2-dimensional homology. These findings imply a more intricate influence of seizures on brain signals, extending beyond mere amplitude changes.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2010778
- PAR ID:
- 10563239
- Publisher / Repository:
- Frontiers
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
- Volume:
- 18
- ISSN:
- 1662-5196
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2024.1387400
