Computerized application for epilepsy in China: Does the era of artificial intelligence comes?

Abstract

Epilepsy, one of the most common neurological diseases in China, is notorious for its spontaneous, unprovoked and recurrent seizures. The etiology of epilepsy varies among individual patients, including congenital gene mutation, traumatic injury, infections, etc. This heterogeneity partly hampered the accurate diagnosis and choice of appropriate treatments. Encouragingly, great achievements have been achieved in computational science, making it become a key player in medical fields gradually and bringing new hope for rapid and accurate diagnosis as well as targeted therapies in epilepsy. Here, we historically review the advances of computerized applications in epilepsy—especially those tremendous findings achieved in China—for different purposes including seizure prediction, localization of epileptogenic zone, post‐surgical prognosis, etc. Special attentions are paid to the great progress based on artificial intelligence (AI), which is more “sensitive”, “smart” and “in‐depth” than human capacities. At last, we give a comprehensive discussion about the disadvantages and limitations of current computerized applications for epilepsy and propose some future directions as further stepping stones to embrace “the era of AI” in epilepsy.

Editorial

“…Nowadays, the spreading application of computerized techniques, artificial intelligence, and wearable device has become the hotspot in the research of epilepsy. Gong et al historically reviewed the advances of computerized applications in epilepsy, especially some tremendous findings achieved in China including seizure prediction, localization of epileptogenic zone, post‐surgical prognosis in their review “Computerized application for epilepsy in China: does the era of artificial intelligence comes?” 15 Li et al presented the current state of the field of seizure detection based on wearable devices in their review “Seizure detection based on wearable devices: A review of device, mechanism and algorithm.” 16 …”