Stroke Localization Using Multiple Ridge Regression Predictors Based on Electromagnetic Signals

Abstract

Localizing stroke may be critical for elucidating underlying pathophysiology. This study proposes a ridge regression–meanshift (RRMS) framework using electromagnetic signals obtained from 16 antennas placed around the anthropomorphic head phantom. A total of 608 intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) and ischemic (IS) signals are collected and evaluated for RRMS, where each type of signal contains two different diameters of stroke phantoms. Subsequently, multiple ridge regression predictors then give the target distances from the antennas and mean shift is used to cluster the predicted stroke location based on these distances. The test results show that the training time and economic cost are significantly reduced as the average prediction time only takes 0.61 s to achieve an accurate result (average position error = 0.74 cm) using a conventional laptop. It has great potential to be used as an auxiliary standard medical method, or rapid diagnosis of stroke patients in underdeveloped areas, due to its rapidity, good deployability, and low hardware cost.