Το work with title Comparative analysis of time-frequency methods estimating the time-varying microstructure of sleep EEG spindles by Zervakis Michalis, Paparrigopoulos, T, H. Tsekou, Sakkalis, Vangelis, Golemati, S is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Parameter estimation for an assumed sleep EEG spindle model (AM-FM signal) is performed by using four time-frequency analysis methods. Results from simulated as well as from real data are presented. In simulated data, the Hilbert Transform-based method has the lowest average percentage error but produces considerable signal distortion. The Complex Demodulation and the Matching Pursuit-based methods have error rates below 10%, but the Matching Pursuit-based method produces considerable signal distortion as well. The Wavelet Transform-based method has the poorest performance. In real data, all methods produce reasonable parameter values. However, the Hilbert Transform and the Matching Pursuit- based methods may not be applicable for sleep spindles shorter than about 0.8 sec. Matching Pursuit-based curve fitting is utilized as part of the parameter estimation process.