The implementation of a low-power biomedical signal processor for real-time epileptic seizure detection on absence animal models

IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 613-621

  Chen, Tsan Jieh ^a   Chiueh, Herming ^a   Liang, Sheng Fu ^b   Chang, Shun Ting ^a   Jeng, Chi ^a   Hsu, Yu Cheng ^b   Chien, Tzu Chieh ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram (EEG); epilepsy; reduced instruction set computer (RISC); seizure detection

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE SEIZURE; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL; CLOSED-LOOP; EEG SIGNALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG); EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC SEIZURE DETECTION; LOW POWER; LOW POWER PROCESSORS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; NEUROSTIMULATION; REALTIME PROCESSING; REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTERS; SEIZURE DETECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT; REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84857064091     PISSN: 21563357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JETCAS.2011.2174472     Document Type: Article

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