Pinky : interactively analyzing large EEG datasets

In this thesis, I describe a system I designed and implemented for interactively analyzing large electroencephalogram (EEG) datasets. Trained experts, known as encephalographers, analyze EEG data to determine if a patient has experienced an epileptic seizure. Since EEG analysis is time intensive for large datasets, there is a growing corpus of unanalyzed EEG data. Fast analysis is essential for building a set of example data of EEG results, allowing doctors to quickly classify the behavior of future EEG scans. My system aims to reduce the cost of analysis by providing near real-time interaction with the datasets. The system has three optimized layers handling the storage, computation, and visualization of the data. I evaluate the design choices for each layer and compare three dierent implementations across dierent workloads.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Blum, Joshua (Joshua M.)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Samuel Madden.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105939

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/105939