Epilepsy Detection Using Artificial Neural Network and Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm (GOA)

Epilepsy affects about 1 % of the contemporary population and sternly reduces the wellbeing of its patients. It is a neurological disorder of the central nervous system that is usually characterized by sudden seizure. The possibility of detecting and predicting epileptic seizure has engrossed mankind already for over 35 years. One of the main tools in detecting and predicting the Epilepsy seizures are the Electroencephalograms (EEG), which record the brain activity by measuring the extracellular field potentials due to neuronal discharges. This EEG is quite difficult and complex to interpret even by an expert neurologist, even so, it is time-consuming, often challenging, sets in human error as well as delay in treatment. In this research, a hybrid classification model using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm (GOA) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for automatic seizure detection in EEG is proposed called GOA-ANN approach. Nine parameters (mean value, variance value, Standard deviation value, energy value, entropy value and maximum value, RMS value, kurtosis and skewness) were extracted and used as the features to train the ANN classifiers. GOA was used for selecting the best features in order to obtain an effective EEG classification. In comparison with other research, the result was able to detect epilepsy and enhance the diagnosis of epilepsy with an accuracy of 98.4%. The research was also compared with Artificial Neural Network using Feed-Forward network, the result shows that GOA_ANN approach performed better.