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Hidden Markov Models (HMM) and Support Vector Machines (SVM) using unsupervised and supervised training, respectively, were compared with respect to their ability to correctly classify burst and suppression in neonatal EEG. Each classifier was fed five feature signals extracted from EEG signals from six full term infants who had suffered from perinatal asphyxia. Visual inspection of the EEG by an experienced electroencephalographer was used as the gold standard when training the SVM, and for evaluating the performance of both methods. The results are presented as receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and quantified by the area under the curve (AUC). Our study show that the SVM and the HMM exhibit similar performance, despite their fundamental differences., QC 20120222

A Support Vector Machine (SVM) was trained to distinguish bursts from suppression in burst-suppression EEG, using Ave features inherent in the electro-encephalogram (EEG) as input. The study was based on data from six full term infants who had suffered from perinatal asphyxia, and the machine was trained with reference classifications made by an experienced electroencephalographer. The results show that the method may be useful, but that differences between patients in the data set makes optimization of the system difficult., QC 20120219