TY - JOUR
T1 - Automatic detection of childhood absence epilepsy seizures
T2 - Toward a monitoring device
AU - Duun-Henriksen, Jonas
AU - Madsen, Rasmus E.
AU - Remvig, Line S.
AU - Thomsen, Carsten E.
AU - Sorensen, Helge B.D.
AU - Kjaer, Troels W.
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - Automatic detections of paroxysms in patients with childhood absence epilepsy have been neglected for several years. We acquire reliable detections using only a single-channel brainwave monitor, allowing for unobtrusive monitoring of antiepileptic drug effects. Ultimately we seek to obtain optimal long-term prognoses, balancing antiepileptic effects and side effects. The electroencephalographic appearance of paroxysms in childhood absence epilepsy is fairly homogeneous, making it feasible to develop patient-independent automatic detection. We implemented a state-of-the-art algorithm to investigate the performance of paroxysm detection. Using only a single scalp electroencephalogram channel from 20 patients with a total of 125 paroxysms >2 seconds, 97.2% of paroxysms could be detected with no false detections. This result leads us to recommend further investigations of tiny, one-channel electroencephalogram systems in an ambulatory setting.
AB - Automatic detections of paroxysms in patients with childhood absence epilepsy have been neglected for several years. We acquire reliable detections using only a single-channel brainwave monitor, allowing for unobtrusive monitoring of antiepileptic drug effects. Ultimately we seek to obtain optimal long-term prognoses, balancing antiepileptic effects and side effects. The electroencephalographic appearance of paroxysms in childhood absence epilepsy is fairly homogeneous, making it feasible to develop patient-independent automatic detection. We implemented a state-of-the-art algorithm to investigate the performance of paroxysm detection. Using only a single scalp electroencephalogram channel from 20 patients with a total of 125 paroxysms >2 seconds, 97.2% of paroxysms could be detected with no false detections. This result leads us to recommend further investigations of tiny, one-channel electroencephalogram systems in an ambulatory setting.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859922857&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.02.018
DO - 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.02.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 22520349
AN - SCOPUS:84859922857
VL - 46
SP - 287
EP - 292
JO - Pediatric Neurology
JF - Pediatric Neurology
SN - 0887-8994
IS - 5
ER -