Computerized epileptiform transient detection in the scalp electroencephalogram: Obstacles to progress and the example of computerized ECG interpretation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1909-1915

  Halford, Jonathan J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated interpretation; Computerized interpretation; EEG; Electroencephalogram; Electroencephalography; Epileptiform transient; Spike detection

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARAMETER; PATHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPIKE WAVE; TRAINING; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SCALP;

EID: 70350724387     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.08.007     Document Type: Review

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