Music Therapy based Stress Prediction using Homological Feature Analysis on EEG Signals

Stress became a common factor in the busy daily routines of all academic and corporate working environments. Everyone checks for efficient stress-buster alternatives to calm down from work pressure. Instead of investing time in unnecessary efforts, this work shows the stress relief scenario of subjects by listening to Raag Darbari music notes as a simple add-on to their schedule. An innovative approach has been implemented on the MUSEI-EEG dataset using Topological Data Analysis (TDA) to analyze this stress relief study. This study reveals that persistent homological features can be robust biomarkers for classifying closely distributed subject data. The proposed TDA approach framework revealed homological features like birth-death rate and entropy efficacy in stress prediction using Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals with 86% average accuracy and 0.2 standard deviation.

Cech Complex Generation with Homotopy Equivalence Framework for Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis using Electrocardiogram Signals

Early and optimal identification of cardiac anomalies, especially Myocardial infarction (MCI) can aid the individual in obtaining prompt medical attention to mitigate the severity. Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a simple non-invasive physiological signal modality, that can be used to examine the electrical activity of heart tissue. Existing methods for MCI detection mostly rely on the temporal, frequency, and spatial domain analysis of the ECG signals. These conventional techniques lack in effective identification of cardiac cycle inter-dependency during diagnosis. Hence, there is an emerging need for incorporating the underlying connectivity of the intra-sessional cardiac cycles for improved anomaly detection. This article proposes a novel framework for ECG signal analysis and classification using persistent homological features through Cech Complex generation with homotopy equivalence check, by taking the above-mentioned emerging needs into account. Homological features like persistent birth-death rates, betti curves, and persistent entropy provide transparency of the regional and cardiac cycle connectivity when combined with Machine Learning (ML) models. The proposed framework is assessed using publicly available datasets (MIT-BIH and PTB), and the performance metrics of machine learning models indicate its efficacy in classifying Normal Sinus Rhythm (NSR), MCI, and non-MCI subjects, achieving a 2.8% mean improvement in AUC (area under the ROC curve) over existing approaches.