Title :
Abnormalities in Connectivity of Quantitative Electroencephalogram Background Activity in Asperger Disorders with Short Time Fourier Transform and Coherence Values
Author :
Behnam, Hamid ; Sheikhani, Ali ; Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ; Noroozian, Maryam ; Golabi, Pari
Abstract :
Electroencephalography (EEG) is a powerful, inexpensive, and underutilized neurophysiology diagnostic tool. Since EEG signals contain a wealth of information about brain functions, there are many approaches in analyzing EEG signals with spectral techniques. We have used short time Fourier transform (STFT) at 19 channel’s of EEG for 8 Asperger disorders (6-11 years old) and 10 age matched control subjects. The values were assessed with variance analysis. Results are shown that gamma band (34-44Hz) has 94.4% discriminate between two groups. Coherence measures at between 112 pairs of 19 channels EEG are shown there are abnormalities at connectivity between in right temporal lobe and frontal lobe and connectivity between right temporal lobe with other lobes.
Keywords :
Autism; Biomedical measurements; Brain modeling; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Fourier transforms; Signal analysis; Temporal lobe; Variable speed drives; Asperger; EEG; STFT; coherence;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Modeling and Simulation, 2008. UKSIM 2008. Tenth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, UK
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-3114-8
DOI :
10.1109/UKSIM.2008.69