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| Technical background | |
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| The source of the EEG | |
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| The generator of the EEG | |
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| Rhythmical EEG activity | |
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| Recording of electrical potentials with scalp electrodes | |
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| Recording electrodes | |
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| Electrode shapes and application methods | |
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| Electrical properties of recording electrodes | |
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| Electrode placement | |
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| Recording non-cerebral potentials | |
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| Digital and analog EEG instruments: parts and functions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The electrode panel | |
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| Analog EEG instrument input selector switches | |
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| Analog and digital calibration | |
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| Amplifiers | |
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| Filters | |
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| Analog writing units | |
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| Analog to digital conversion | |
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| The signal display | |
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| Digital filtering | |
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| Digital montage selection and montage reformatting | |
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| Digital data storage and transmission | |
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| Electrical safety | |
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| Spatial analysis of the EEG | |
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| Multichannel recordings | |
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| Bipolar montages | |
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| Common electrode reference montages | |
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| Average reference montages | |
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| Weighted average montages | |
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| Laplacian montages | |
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| Source localization | |
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| Montage display and design | |
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| Analysis of the topography of the EEG voltage field | |
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| Summary | |
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| The product of the recording: the clinical EEG record | |
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| General technical standards | |
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| Standards for pediatric recordings | |
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| Standards for recordings in cases of suspected cerebral death | |
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| Telephone transmission | |
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| Artifacts | |
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| Artifacts from the patient | |
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| Interference | |
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| Artifacts arising from recording electrodes and equipment | |
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| Special methods of analysis and recording | |
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| Quantitative EEG analysis | |
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| Topographic mapping | |
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| Automated event detection | |
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| Intraoperative and intensive care unit monitoring | |
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| Ambulatory EEG recording | |
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| EEG recording with simultaneous video monitoring | |
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| The normal EEG | |
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| Definition of the normal EEG, relation to brain function | |
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| Definition of the normal EEG | |
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| A normal EEG does not always mean normal brain function | |
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| An abnormal EEG does not necessarily mean clinically abnormal brain function | |
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| Descriptors of EEG activity | |
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| Waveform | |
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| Repetition | |
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| Frequency | |
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| Amplitude | |
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| Distribution | |
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| Phase relation | |
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| Timing | |
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| Persistence | |
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| Reactivity | |
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| The normal EEG from premature age to the age of 19 years | |
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| Neonatal EEG | |
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| Infants from full term to 3 months of age | |
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| Infants from 3 months to 12 months of age | |
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| Children and adolescents from 1 to 19 years of age | |
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| The normal EEG of wakeful resting adults of 20-60 years of age | |
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| The alpha rhythm | |
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| Beta rhythms | |
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| Mu rhythm | |
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| Lambda waves | |
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| Vertex sharp transients (V waves) | |
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| Kappa rhythm | |
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| Normal posterior theta rhythms | |
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| The low voltage EEG | |
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| Major abnormalities | |
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| The normal sleep EEG of adults over 20 years | |
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| Elements of normal sleep activity | |
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| Sleep stages | |
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| Sleep cycles | |
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| Deviations from normal sleep | |
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| The normal EEG of adults over 60 years of age | |
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| Alpha rhythm | |
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| Beta rhythm | |
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| Sporadic generalized slow waves | |
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| Intermittent temporal slow waves | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Major abnormalities | |
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| Activation procedures | |
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| Hyperventilation | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Photic stimulation | |
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| Other stimuli | |
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| Pentylenetetrazol, bemegride and other convulsant drugs | |
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| The abnormal EEG | |
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| Abnormal EEG patterns, correlation with underlying cerebral lesions and neurological diseases | |
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| Definition of the abnormal EEG | |
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| Correlation between abnormal EEG patterns, general cerebral pathology and specific neurological diseases | |
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| The diagnostic value of the EEG | |
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| Classification of seizures | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Classification of seizures - general | |
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| Classification of seizures - specific | |
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| Seizure classification and epilepsy syndrome diagnosis | |
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| Localized epileptiform patterns | |
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| Description of patterns | |
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| Clinical significance of focal epileptiform activity | |
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| Other EEG abnormaliti | |