Automatic seizure detection in long-term scalp EEG using an adaptive thresholding technique: A validation study for clinical routine

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1346-1352

  Hopfengärtner, Rüdiger ^a   Kasper, Burkhard S ^a   Graf, Wolfgang ^a   Gollwitzer, Stephanie ^a   Kreiselmeyer, Gernot ^a   Stefan, Hermann ^a   Hamer, Hajo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive thresholding technique; Automatic seizure detection; Epilepsy; Long term scalp EEG; Power spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG RESISTANT FOCAL EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM SCALP ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; SCALP; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDS; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SCALP; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901235819     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.12.104     Document Type: Article

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