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Combining Cardiorespiratory Signals and Video-Based Actigraphy for Classifying Preterm Infant Sleep States
Dandan Zhang1,2, Zheng Peng1,3, Carola Van Pul1,3
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Insights
Adding video-based actigraphy to cardiorespiratory signals improves sleep-state classification in preterm infants. This method enhances the differentiation between active sleep (AS) and quiet sleep (QS), and wake states.
Area of Science:
- Neonatal Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering
- Sleep Science
Background:
- Accurate sleep state classification in preterm infants is crucial for monitoring development and health.
- Distinguishing between active sleep (AS), quiet sleep (QS), and wake states using only cardiorespiratory signals presents challenges, particularly differentiating AS from wake.
- Enhanced classification methods are needed to improve the accuracy of sleep state assessment in this vulnerable population.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the effectiveness of incorporating video-based actigraphy with cardiorespiratory signals for improved sleep state classification in preterm infants.
- To compare the classification performance using cardiorespiratory data alone versus a combined approach.
- To identify the specific contributions and limitations of each data modality.
Main Methods:
- Eight preterm infants were enrolled in the study.
- Features were extracted from electrocardiography (ECG), respiratory signals, and video-based actigraphy.
- An extremely randomized trees (ET) algorithm with leave-one-subject-out cross-validation was employed for classification.
Main Results:
- Cardiorespiratory features alone achieved a kappa score of 0.33 for classifying AS, QS, and wake.
- Incorporating eight video-based actigraphy features significantly improved the overall kappa score to 0.39.
- Classification performance for differentiating AS and wake showed a notable improvement with a kappa score increase of 0.21.
Conclusions:
- Combining video-based actigraphy with cardiorespiratory signals offers a promising approach to enhance sleep-state classification accuracy in preterm infants.
- Video-based actigraphy provides valuable complementary information to cardiorespiratory signals for distinguishing subtle sleep state differences.
- This integrated method holds potential for more precise monitoring and assessment of sleep in preterm infants.
Abstract:
The classification of sleep state in preterm infants, particularly in distinguishing between active sleep (AS) and quiet sleep (QS), has been investigated using cardiorespiratory information such as electrocardiography (ECG) and respiratory signals. However, accurately differentiating between AS and wake remains challenging; therefore, there is a pressing need to include additional information to further enhance the classification performance. To address the challenge, this study explores the effectiveness of incorporating video-based actigraphy analysis alongside cardiorespiratory signals for classifying the sleep states of preterm infants. The study enrolled eight preterm infants, and a total of 91 features were extracted from ECG, respiratory signals, and video-based actigraphy. By employing an extremely randomized trees (ET) algorithm and leave-one-subject-out cross-validation, a kappa score of 0.33 was achieved for the classification of AS, QS, and wake using cardiorespiratory features only. The kappa score significantly improved to 0.39 when incorporating eight video-based actigraphy features. Furthermore, the classification performance of AS and wake also improved, showing a kappa score increase of 0.21. These suggest that combining video-based actigraphy with cardiorespiratory signals can potentially enhance the performance of sleep-state classification in preterm infants. In addition, we highlighted the distinct strengths and limitations of video-based actigraphy and cardiorespiratory data in classifying specific sleep states.
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