Extracerebral detection of seizures: A new era in epileptology?

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• 作者：I. Osorio^a ; ^{iosorio@kumc.edu} ; S. Schachter^b
• 关键词：Extracerebral signals ; Heart rate ; Electrocardiogram ; Motor ; Actimetry ; Accelerometers ; Seizure detection ; Real time
• 刊名：Epilepsy & Behavior
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：December, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：22
• 期：supp_S1
• 页码：S82-S87
• 全文大小：1K

文摘

The medical and psycho-socio-economic burden imposed on patients, caregivers, and health systems by pharmacoresistant epilepsies is enormous. Intracranial devices for automated detection, warning, and delivery of therapy, the presently preferred ¡°line of attack?for an abundance of weighty reasons, would be insufficient to adequately address said burden on a global scale. Reliance on signals that, although extracerebral, are under cortical modulation or control and are altered by seizures, such as cardiac or motor signals, emerges as a viable research direction with potentially fruitful clinical applications. The greater ease of implementation and lower cost of automated real-time detection, warning, and therapy systems based on extracerebral signals, compared with those requiring intracranial placement, make them worthy of investigation. This article is part of a Supplemental Special Issue entitled The Future of Automated Seizure Detection and Prediction.