Signal processing based research was adopted with Electroencephalogram (EEG) for predicting the abnormality and cerebral activities. The proposed research work is intended to provide an automatic diagnostic system to determine the EEG signal in order to classify the brain function which shows whether a person is affected with schizophrenia or not. Early detection and intervention are vital for better prognosis. However, the diagnosis of schizophrenia still depends on clinical observation to date. Without reliable biomarkers, schizophrenia is difficult to detect in its early phase and hence we have proposed this idea. In this work, the EEG signal series are divided into non-linear feature mining, classification and validation, and t-test integrated feature selection process. For this work, 19-channel EEG signals are utilized from schizophrenia class and normal pattern. Here, the datasets initially execute the splitting process based on raw 19-channel EEG into 6250 sample point’s sequences. With this process, 1142 features of normal and schizophrenia class patterns can be obtained. In other hand, 157 features from each EEG patterns are utilized based on Non-linear feature extraction process where 14 principal features can be identified in terms of considering the essential features. At last, the Deep Learning (DL) technique incorporated with an effective optimization technique is adopted for classification process called a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) with mayfly optimization algorithm. The proposed technique is implemented into the platform of MATLAB in order to obtain better results and is analyzed based on the performance analysis framework such as accuracy, Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), Mean Square Error, Normalized Mean Square Error (NMSE) and Loss. Through comparison, the proposed technique is proved to a better technique than other existing techniques.
14 January 2023 in Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences
Hallucinations and delusions are symptoms of schizophrenia. Due to persistent auditory and visual hallucinations, a person with schizophrenia cannot process reality clearly. Abnormal brain activity results from delusion and hallucination. During the capture of EEG signals, aberrant behavior is detected. The EEG electrodes do not well detect the brain's current distribution. Schizophrenia causes the EEG signal to be warped and less sensitive, which results in incorrect interpretation of brain activity. In this paper, an EEG electrode constructed of graphene nanopowder is suggested that is sensitive to the brain's weak electrical activity. The cold spray approach created graphene EEG electrodes, improving the material bonding and chemical characteristics. By obtaining EEG readings from schizophrenic patients, the sensitivity of the graphene electrode was assessed. The EEG signal was collected from the subject when taking part in cognitive tests like question sessions and numerical problems. Several neural networks (NN) algorithms can be used to identify hallucination and delusion aspects in EEG recordings. Further details regarding the hallucination and delusion aspects in the EEG signal were provided by the NN, showing a Graphene electrode. As compared to other NN models, the comparative study of several NN models revealed that the BFGS quasi-Newtonian backpropagation algorithm accurately recognized hallucination and delusion features.