LookAroundNet: Extending Temporal Context with Transformers for Clinically Viable EEG Seizure Detection
Automatic EEG-based seizure detection faces significant challenges due to substantial inter-patient variability, diverse recording conditions, and the complexity of clinical environments. To address these issues, this work proposes LookAroundNet, a Transformer-based model that mimics clinicians’ interpretation strategy by incorporating contextual information from an extended temporal window surrounding the target EEG segment. The method innovatively enhances temporal context modeling and leverages multi-dataset joint training combined with model ensembling. Evaluated across multiple public and private EEG datasets, LookAroundNet demonstrates superior performance, significantly improving cross-scenario generalization while maintaining clinically feasible computational efficiency, thereby enhancing its practical deployment potential.