Journal of dementia and Alzheimer's disease,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
2(2), P. 12 - 12
Published: May 2, 2025
Background/Objectives:
Alzheimer’s
disease
(AD)
is
a
progressive
neurodegenerative
disorder
that
disrupts
functional
brain
connectivity,
leading
to
cognitive
and
decline.
Electroencephalography
(EEG),
noninvasive
cost-effective
technique,
has
gained
attention
as
promising
tool
for
studying
network
alterations
in
AD.
This
study
aims
leverage
EEG-derived
connectivity
metrics
differentiate
between
healthy
controls
(HC),
subjective
decline
(SCD),
mild
impairment
(MCI),
AD,
offering
insights
into
progression.
Methods:
Using
graph
theory-based
analysis,
we
extracted
key
from
resting-state
EEG
signals,
focusing
on
the
betweenness
centrality
clustering
coefficient.
Statistical
analysis
was
conducted
across
multiple
frequency
bands,
discriminant
applied
evaluate
classification
performance
of
metrics.
Results:
Our
findings
revealed
increase
theta-band
concurrent
decrease
alpha-
beta-band
centrality,
reflecting
AD-related
reorganization.
Among
examined
metrics,
exhibited
highest
discriminative
power
distinguishing
AD
stages.
Additionally,
using
comparable
advanced
deep
learning
models,
highlighting
their
potential
predictive
biomarkers.
Conclusions:
demonstrate
strong
biomarkers
early
detection
monitoring
Their
effectiveness
capturing
underscores
value
clinical
diagnostic
workflows,
scalable
interpretable
alternative
learning-based
models
classification.
NeuroImage,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
295, P. 120636 - 120636
Published: May 21, 2024
Diversity
in
brain
health
is
influenced
by
individual
differences
demographics
and
cognition.
However,
most
studies
on
diseases
have
typically
controlled
for
these
factors
rather
than
explored
their
potential
to
predict
signals.
Here,
we
assessed
the
role
of
(age,
sex,
education;
n
=
1,298)
cognition
(n
725)
as
predictors
different
metrics
usually
used
case-control
studies.
These
included
power
spectrum
aperiodic
(1/f
slope,
knee,
offset)
metrics,
well
complexity
(fractal
dimension
estimation,
permutation
entropy,
Wiener
spectral
structure
variability)
connectivity
(graph-theoretic
mutual
information,
conditional
organizational
information)
from
source
space
resting-state
EEG
activity
a
diverse
sample
global
south
north
populations.
Brain-phenotype
models
were
computed
using
reflecting
local
(power
components)
dynamics
interactions
(complexity
graph-theoretic
measures).
Electrophysiological
modulated
despite
varied
methods
data
acquisition
assessments
across
multiple
centers,
indicating
that
results
unlikely
be
accounted
methodological
discrepancies.
Variations
signals
mainly
age
cognition,
while
education
sex
exhibited
less
importance.
Power
measures
sensitive
capturing
differences.
Older
age,
poorer
being
male
associated
with
reduced
alpha
power,
whereas
older
network
integration
segregation.
Findings
suggest
basic
impact
core
function
are
standard
Considering
variability
diversity
settings
would
contribute
more
tailored
understanding
function.
Brain Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(4), P. 335 - 335
Published: March 29, 2024
Early-stage
Alzheimer’s
disease
(AD)
and
frontotemporal
dementia
(FTD)
share
similar
symptoms,
complicating
their
diagnosis
the
development
of
specific
treatment
strategies.
Our
study
evaluated
multiple
feature
extraction
techniques
for
identifying
AD
FTD
biomarkers
from
electroencephalographic
(EEG)
signals.
We
developed
an
optimised
machine
learning
architecture
that
integrates
sliding
windowing,
extraction,
supervised
to
distinguish
between
patients,
as
well
healthy
controls
(HCs).
model,
with
a
90%
overlap
SVD
entropy
K-Nearest
Neighbors
(KNN)
learning,
achieved
mean
F1-score
accuracy
93%
91%,
92.5%
93%,
91.5%
91%
discriminating
HC,
FTD,
respectively.
The
importance
array,
explainable
AI
feature,
highlighted
brain
lobes
contributed
distinguishing
biomarkers.
This
research
introduces
novel
framework
detecting
using
EEG
signals,
addressing
need
accurate
early-stage
diagnostics.
Furthermore,
comparative
evaluation
methods
on
AD/FTD
detection
discrimination
is
documented.
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
54(1), P. 51 - 60
Published: Dec. 10, 2021
An
explainable
Artificial
Intelligence
(xAI)
approach
is
proposed
to
longitudinally
monitor
subjects
affected
by
Mild
Cognitive
Impairment
(MCI)
using
high-density
electroencephalography
(HD-EEG).
To
this
end,
a
group
of
MCI
patients
was
enrolled
at
IRCCS
Centro
Neurolesi
Bonino
Pulejo
Messina
(Italy)
within
follow-up
protocol
that
included
two
evaluations
steps:
T0
(first
evaluation)
and
T1
(three
months
later).
At
T1,
four
converted
Alzheimer’s
Disease
(AD)
were
in
the
analysis
as
goal
work
use
xAI
detect
individual
changes
EEGs
possibly
related
degeneration
from
AD.
The
methodology
consists
mapping
segments
HD-EEG
into
channel-frequency
maps
means
power
spectral
density.
Such
are
used
input
Convolutional
Neural
Network
(CNN),
trained
label
“T0”
(MCI
state)
or
“T1”
(AD
state).
Experimental
results
reported
high
intra-subject
classification
performance
(accuracy
rate
up
98.97%
(95%
confidence
interval:
98.68–99.26)).
Subsequently,
explainability
CNN
explored
via
Grad-CAM
approach.
procedure
detected
which
EEG-channels
(i.e.,
head
region)
range
frequencies
sub-bands)
more
active
progression
showed
main
information
delta
sub-band
that,
limited
analyzed
dataset,
highest
relevant
areas
are:
left-temporal
central-frontal
lobe
for
Sb01,
parietal
Sb02,
left-frontal
Sb03
left-frontotemporal
region
Sb04.
EPL (Europhysics Letters),
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
138(3), P. 31001 - 31001
Published: April 26, 2022
In
2002,
in
a
seminal
article,
Christoph
Bandt
and
Bernd
Pompe
proposed
new
methodology
for
the
analysis
of
complex
time
series,
now
known
as
Ordinal
Analysis.
The
ordinal
is
based
on
computation
symbols
(known
patterns)
which
are
defined
terms
temporal
ordering
data
points
whose
probabilities
probabilities.
With
probabilities,
Shannon
entropy
can
be
calculated,
permutation
entropy.
Since
it
was
proposed,
method
has
found
applications
fields
diverse
biomedicine
climatology.
However,
some
properties
still
not
fully
understood,
how
to
combine
approach
feature
extraction
with
machine
learning
techniques
model
identification,
series
classification
or
forecasting
remains
challenge.
objective
this
perspective
article
present
recent
advances
discuss
open
problems.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
220, P. 106841 - 106841
Published: April 26, 2022
Early
detection
is
critical
to
control
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD)
progression
and
postpone
cognitive
decline.
Traditional
medical
procedures
such
as
magnetic
resonance
imaging
are
costly,
involve
long
waiting
lists,
require
complex
analysis.
Alternatively,
for
the
past
years,
researchers
have
successfully
evaluated
AD
approaches
based
on
machine
learning
electroencephalography
(EEG).
Nonetheless,
these
frequently
rely
upon
manual
processing
or
non-portable
EEG
hardware.
These
aspects
suboptimal
regarding
automated
diagnosis,
since
they
additional
personnel
hinder
portability.
In
this
work,
we
report
preliminary
evaluation
of
a
self-driven
multi-class
discrimination
approach
commercial
acquisition
system
using
sixteen
channels.
For
purpose,
recorded
three
groups
participants:
mild
AD,
impairment
(MCI)
non-AD,
controls,
implemented
analysis
pipeline
discriminate
groups.
First,
applied
artifact
rejection
algorithms
recordings.
Then,
extracted
power,
entropy,
complexity
features
from
preprocessed
epochs.
Finally,
classification
problem
multi-layer
perceptron
through
leave-one-subject-out
cross-validation.
The
results
that
obtained
comparable
best
in
literature
(0.88
F1-score),
what
suggests
can
potentially
be
detected
learning.
We
believe
work
further
research
could
contribute
opening
door
single
consultation
session,
therefore
reducing
costs
associated
screening
advancing
treatment.
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15
Published: Nov. 7, 2023
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD)
is
the
most
common
neurogenerative
disorder,
making
up
70%
of
total
dementia
cases
with
a
prevalence
more
than
55
million
people.
Electroencephalogram
(EEG)
has
become
suitable,
accurate,
and
highly
sensitive
biomarker
for
identification
diagnosis
AD.In
this
study,
public
database
EEG
resting
state-closed
eye
recordings
containing
36
AD
subjects
29
normal
was
used.
And
then,
three
types
signal
features
resting-state
EEG,
i.e.,
spectrum,
complexity,
synchronization,
were
performed
by
applying
various
processing
statistical
methods,
to
obtain
18
each
epoch.
Next,
supervised
machine
learning
classification
algorithms
decision
trees,
random
forests,
support
vector
(SVM)
compared
in
categorizing
processed
leave-one-person-out
cross-validation.The
results
showed
that
cases,
major
change
characteristics
an
slowing,
reduced
decrease
synchrony.
The
proposed
methodology
achieved
relatively
high
accuracy
95.65,
95.86,
88.54%
between
SVM,
respectively,
showing
integration
synchronization
signals
can
enhance
performance
identifying
subjects.This
study
recommended
aiding
AD.