Shap-driven explainable AI with simulated annealing for optimized seizure detection using multichannel EEG signal

The aim of this research is to combine Explainable AI (XAI) with advanced optimization techniques to provide a unique framework for seizure detection. This proposed work investigates how to enhance patient-specific and patient-non-specific seizure detection models by combining multiband feature extraction, SHAP-based feature selection, SMOTE, and a metaheuristic algorithm for hyperparameter tuning.The discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is used to decompose EEG signals to retrieve entropy-based and statistical information. Simulated Annealing (SA) is employed to optimize the Random Forest (RF) classifier's hyperparameters, and SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) values are utilized for feature selection. Furthermore, a novel technique SHAP-RELFR has been demonstrated to select patient-non-specific features. Additionally, SMOTE is employed to handle imbalanced data. The proposed methodology is evaluated on the CHB-MIT and Siena datasets using both patient-specific and patient-non-specific feature selection approaches. Experimental findings demonstrate that the proposed methodology significantly improves the performance of seizure detection. The average accuracy, precision, sensitivity, specificity, F1-score, and AUC obtained for a patient-non-specific case are 96.58%, 95.19%, 94.52%, 98.02%, 94.72%, and 0.9452, respectively, using the CHB-MIT dataset. For the Seina dataset, the average accuracy, precision, sensitivity, specificity, F1-score, and AUC obtained for a patient-non-specific case are 94.81%, 94.51%, 94.04%, 96.87%, 94.28%, and 0.9400, respectively. Explainable AI combined with SMOTE and a metaheuristic optimization algorithm facilitates an enhanced seizure detection. The novel SHAP-RELFR method provides an effective patient-non-specific feature selection, enabling this approach to be applicable across diverse patients. This proposed framework offers a step toward enhancing clinical decision-making by providing interpretable and versatile seizure detection models.