Computer aided sleep-staging (CAS) in clinical environment

Author

Stanus, E. ; Lacroix, B.

Author_Institution

Free Univ. of Brussels, Belgium

fYear

1988

fDate

4-7 Nov. 1988

Firstpage

1142

Abstract

The implementation of computer-aided sleep-staging (CAS) in the department of Psychiatry, Erasmus Hospital (Free University of Brussels) is discussed. Major features include real-time stage estimation, the availability of a full report and hypnogram in the morning, and the evolution of state variables throughout the night (EEG spectral characteristics, eye-movement density, myographic activity, etc.). Human involvement is considerably reduced, allowing the expert to focus on the most interesting parts of the recording as needed and to incorporate his or her interpretation directly into the sleep database. A validation study of the CAS shows an agreement rate of 85% with visual interpretation for normal controls and 75% for subjects presenting various psychiatric disorders.<>

Keywords

behavioural sciences computing; bioelectric potentials; computerised monitoring; electroencephalography; eye; medical computing; patient monitoring; EEG spectral characteristics; EOG; clinical environment; computer-aided sleep-staging; eye-movement density; full report; hypnogram; morning; myographic activity; night; normal controls; psychiatric disorders; real-time stage estimation; sleep database; state variables evolution; visual interpretation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94794

Filename

94794