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Mohamed Taha^1,2, Shuaiqi Huang³, Xiaofeng Wang³

¹Neurology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) shows promise for analyzing electromyography (EMG) signals. However, AI accuracy in clinical settings lags behind curated datasets, highlighting the need for more robust, clinically-focused models.

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)artificial intelligence (AI)artificial neural networks (ANNs)deep learning (DL)electromyography (EMG)machine learning (ML)myopathy neuromuscular diagnosis signal processing

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Computational Neuroscience
Clinical Electrophysiology

Background:

Artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrates potential for analyzing electromyography (EMG) signals.
Clinical application of AI in EMG analysis is hindered by small, curated datasets and variable accuracy.
Distinguishing between muscle activity, background noise, and artifacts is a critical first step in EMG analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate AI performance in classifying needle EMG signals for muscle activity detection.
To assess AI's ability to differentiate between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), myopathy, and non-disease controls using EMG data.
To compare AI model performance on clinically acquired versus curated EMG datasets.

Main Methods:

Utilized the Cleveland Clinic Foundation EMG Database (CCFDB), a large, clinically acquired EMG dataset.
Employed a two-step AI classification: a convolutional neural network (CNN) for signal detection, followed by random forest and CNNs for clinical classification.
Applied feature extraction techniques including Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT), Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT), and Wavelet Packet Decomposition (WPD).

Main Results:

Included EMG data from 608 participants (266 ALS, 89 myopathy, 253 controls).
The muscle activity detection model achieved 85.4% accuracy.
Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) with a two-layer CNN yielded the best clinical classification accuracy (62%) on the CCFDB; performance on a curated dataset (EMGlab) reached 91%.

Conclusions:

A significant performance gap exists between AI models trained on curated versus clinically acquired EMG datasets.
The variability and complexity of real-world clinical EMG signals necessitate the development of more robust AI models.
Future research should prioritize clinically-oriented AI development to enhance the translational applicability of AI in EMG analysis.