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A DC attenuator allows common EEG equipment to record fullband EEG, and fits fullband EEG into standard European Data Format.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20538516     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: Traditional electroencephalogram (EEG) recorders reject low frequencies and DC and therefore cannot handle fullband EEG. Dedicated fullband recorders use non-standard file formats, because the standard format (EDF) cannot handle large DC electrode offset voltages. Both facts limit the development and use of fullband EEG. We developed a modification that allows conventional equipment to record fullband EEG, and adapts both types of recorders to EDF.
METHODS: The modification is a simple filter that attenuates the DC component and thus makes the EEG fit within traditional equipment limitations and EDF. The review software automatically 'de-attenuates' the DC component, without loss of information.
RESULTS: DC attenuation by a factor of 10 made both types of recorders store DC attenuated fullband EEG into EDF files. Recordings were made during 0.5-24h in 46 subjects. The DC de-attenuator automatically reconstructed the original fullband EEG within an amplitude range of ±100mV and with a resolution of 0.3μV. Using sintered Ag-AgCl electrodes attached with common procedures, reconstructed DC EEG in spontaneously moving subjects ranged between ±32mV.
CONCLUSIONS: The modification works. Fullband recordings can now be analyzed by independent software, archived and exchanged.
SIGNIFICANCE: Any EEG system can be made to record fullband EEG into standard EDF.
Authors:
Bob Kemp; Teunis van Beelen; Marion Stijl; Paul van Someren; Marco Roessen; J Gert van Dijk
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-06-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology     Volume:  121     ISSN:  1872-8952     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin Neurophysiol     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-01     Completed Date:  2010-11-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883319     Medline TA:  Clin Neurophysiol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1992-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. b.kemp@lumc.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Brain / physiology
Data Interpretation, Statistical*
Electric Stimulation / instrumentation*,  methods
Electroencephalography* / instrumentation,  methods,  standards
Europe
Humans
Software
Syncope / pathology,  physiopathology

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