Graph index complexity as a novel surrogate marker of high frequency oscillations in delineating the seizure onset
Aaron M Spring1, Daniel J Pittman2, Robin Bessemer1
1Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Seaman Family MR Research Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Objective:
To investigate the Graph Index Complexity (uGIC) as a marker of high frequency oscillatory (HFO) activity, the seizure onset zone (SOZ), and surgical outcome.
Methods:
The SOZ, rates of HFOs at two thresholds (broad, strict), and uGIC were determined using EEG data from 41 patients. The correlation between HFOs and uGIC were calculated. HFOs and uGIC were compared within and outside the SOZ. Postsurgical outcome was compared to the colocalization of HFOs and resected SOZ.
Results:
There was significant correlation between uGIC and both broad (r = 0.69, p < 0.0005) and strict HFOs (r = 0.48, p < 0.0005). All were significantly greater within the SOZ overall, but only in 17/41 (strict, uGIC) or 18/41 (broad) patients. HFO markers were significantly greater within the SOZ for 8/15 patients with positive postsurgical outcomes, but not for any patients with negative outcomes (0/5).
Conclusion:
The uGIC is a marker of HFO activity, while HFOs and uGIC are markers of the SOZ overall. Colocalization of HFOs and the SOZ has strong positive predictive value for postsurgical outcome, but poor negative predictive value.
Significance:
The uGIC is an objective surrogate marker of HFO activity independent of identifying discrete HFO events.
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