通过对抗注意力网络实现癫痫发作的早期精准预警。
Adversarial Spatio-Temporal Attention Networks for Epileptic Seizure Forecasting
- 采用级联时空注意力结构,统一建模脑区连接与神经动态变化。
- 在两个数据集上达96.6%灵敏度,每小时仅0.011次误报。
- 支持个体化预警且无需重新训练,适合实时可穿戴设备部署。
从多变量脑电图(EEG)信号预测癫痫发作是医疗时间序列预测中的关键挑战,需具备高灵敏度、低误报率及个体适应性。本文提出STAN——一种对抗式时空注意力网络,通过级联注意力模块交替建模空间脑连接与时间神经动态。不同于传统方法假设固定的发作前期时长或分离处理空间/时间特征,STAN通过统一级联架构捕捉时空模式间的双向依赖。结合梯度惩罚的对抗训练,可有效区分发作间期与发作前期状态,基于明确的15分钟发作前期窗口学习。连续90分钟监测显示,模型能实现早期预警:可靠警报通常在发作前15-45分钟触发,体现其对细微发作前动态的捕捉能力,且无需个体化训练。在两个基准数据集(CHB-MIT头皮:8名受试者,46次发作;MSSM颅内:4名受试者,14次发作)上表现领先:灵敏度分别为96.6%(每小时0.011次误报)和94.2%(每小时0.063次误报),同时保持高效计算(230万参数,45毫秒延迟,180MB内存),适用于实时边缘部署。该框架对存在个体差异与可解释性要求的医疗及其他时间序列领域具有通用价值。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Forecasting epileptic seizures from multivariate EEG signals represents a critical challenge in healthcare time series prediction, requiring high sensitivity, low false alarm rates, and subject-specific adaptability. We present STAN, an Adversarial Spatio-Temporal Attention Network that jointly models spatial brain connectivity and temporal neural dynamics through cascaded attention blocks with alternating spatial and temporal modules. Unlike existing approaches that assume fixed preictal durations or separately process spatial and temporal features, STAN captures bidirectional dependencies between spatial and temporal patterns through a unified cascaded architecture. Adversarial training with gradient penalty enables robust discrimination between interictal and preictal states learned from clearly defined 15-minute preictal windows. Continuous 90-minute pre-seizure monitoring reveals that the learned spatio-temporal attention patterns enable early detection: reliable alarms trigger at subject-specific times (typically 15-45 minutes before onset), reflecting the model's capacity to capture subtle preictal dynamics without requiring individualized training. Experiments on two benchmark EEG datasets (CHB-MIT scalp: 8 subjects, 46 events; MSSM intracranial: 4 subjects, 14 events) demonstrate state-of-the-art performance: 96.6% sensitivity with 0.011 false detections per hour and 94.2% sensitivity with 0.063 false detections per hour, respectively, while maintaining computational efficiency (2.3M parameters, 45 ms latency, 180 MB memory) for real-time edge deployment. Beyond epilepsy, the proposed framework provides a general paradigm for spatio-temporal forecasting in healthcare and other time series domains where individual heterogeneity and interpretability are crucial.
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