A convolutional neural network-based decision support system for neonatal quiet sleep detection

Abbasi, Saadullah Farooq and Abbasi, Qammer Hussain and Saeed, Faisal and Alghamdi, Norah Saleh (2023) A convolutional neural network-based decision support system for neonatal quiet sleep detection. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 20 (9). pp. 17018-17036. ISSN 1551-0018

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Abstract

Sleep plays an important role in neonatal brain and physical development, making its detection and characterization important for assessing early-stage development. In this study, we propose an automatic and computationally efficient algorithm to detect neonatal quiet sleep (QS) using a convolutional neural network (CNN). Our study used 38-hours of electroencephalography (EEG) recordings, collected from 19 neonates at Fudan Children's Hospital in Shanghai, China (Approval No. (2020) 22). To train and test the CNN, we extracted 12 prominent time and frequency domain features from 9 bipolar EEG channels. The CNN architecture comprised two convolutional layers with pooling and rectified linear unit (ReLU) activation. Additionally, a smoothing filter was applied to hold the sleep stage for 3 minutes. Through performance testing, our proposed method achieved impressive results, with 94.07% accuracy, 89.70% sensitivity, 94.40% specificity, 79.82% F1-score and a 0.74 kappa coefficient when compared to human expert annotations. A notable advantage of our approach is its computational efficiency, with the entire training and testing process requiring only 7.97 seconds. The proposed algorithm has been validated using leave one subject out (LOSO) validation, which demonstrates its consistent performance across a diverse range of neonates. Our findings highlight the potential of our algorithm for real-time neonatal sleep stage classification, offering a fast and cost-effective solution. This research opens avenues for further investigations in early-stage development monitoring and the assessment of neonatal health.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.3934/mbe.2023759
Dates:	Date Event 11 August 2023 Accepted 29 August 2023 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	neonatal sleep, convolutional neural network, electroencephalography, polysomnography, biomedical engineering
Subjects:	CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Computing
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2023 12:46
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2023 12:46
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14747

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