Detecting seizure onset in the ambulatory setting: demonstrating feasibility.

Abstract

Ambulatory EEG recorders are commercially available. The majority of these recorders are only capable of capturing and storing EEG for later review by clinicians. A few models are equipped with real-time seizure event detectors, but these detectors make no guarantees on when during a seizure a detection is made. This renders current ambulatory EEG recorders unsuitable for activating alarms or initiating therapies to acutely impact seizure progression in the ambulatory setting. Integrating seizure onset detectors into existing ambulatory recorders will make these applications feasible. Successful integration requires that these detectors be executable on the resource-limited digital signal processors found within ambulatory recorders. In this paper we describe the integration of a patient-specific seizure onset detector with a commercially available ambulatory EEG recorder, and demonstrate how such integration could enable the detection of seizure onset in the ambulatory setting.

• Authors: Ali Shoeb, John Guttag, Steven Schachter, Donald Schomer, Blaise Bourgeois, S Ted Treves
• Journal: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference (Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc) 2005 Vol. 2005 Pg. 3546-50 ISSN: 1557-170X [Print] United States
• PMID: 17280990 (Publication Type: Journal Article)