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Yash Paul¹, Rajesh Singh², Surbhi Sharma³

¹Department of Information Technology, Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal 191201, India.

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This study introduces a new algorithm using the Halfwave method to accurately detect sleep stages from electroencephalogram (EEG) signals. The efficient method achieves high accuracy, aiding in sleep disorder diagnosis and real-time monitoring.

Keywords:

ADASYN EEG K-nearest neighbor SMOTE euclidean distance halfwave sleep states

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Area of Science:

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Biomedical Engineering
Signal Processing

Background:

Accurate sleep stage detection is vital for diagnosing sleep disorders.
Current methods for sleep stage identification using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals have limitations in efficiency and accuracy.
Advancements in signal processing offer potential for improved sleep analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel and efficient algorithm for accurate sleep stage identification using EEG signals.
To introduce the Halfwave method as a data reduction technique for simplifying EEG signals while preserving key characteristics.
To evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm and compare it with existing methods.

Main Methods:

A piecewise linear data reduction technique, the Halfwave method, was applied to EEG signals in the time domain.
A feature vector comprising six statistical features was extracted from the reduced piecewise linear representation.
The MIT-BIH Polysomnographic Database was utilized for testing, and various classifiers were assessed, with K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) showing superior performance.

Main Results:

The proposed algorithm achieved high performance metrics on the Polysomnographic Database, with average sensitivity of 94.82%, specificity of 96.65%, and accuracy of 95.73%.
The Halfwave method effectively reduced EEG signal complexity while retaining crucial information for sleep stage classification.
The K-Nearest Neighbor classifier demonstrated the best performance when integrated with the proposed feature extraction method.

Conclusions:

The developed algorithm offers a computationally efficient and accurate approach to sleep stage detection using EEG signals.
The method shows significant promise for real-time sleep monitoring applications and clinical adoption.
This advancement contributes to improved knowledge, detection, and management of sleep disorders.