Abstract
Awake electroencephalographic (EEG) record, which shows background EEG activity and paroxysmal abnormality such as spikes, gives an important information for clinical diagnosis. Especially, an interpretation of spikes is the most important item in diagnosis of subjects with epileptic disorders. A method for automatic interpretation of awake background EEG was already proposed by the authors. However, interpretation of the spikes has not been considered in the previous method. In order to expand the automatic EEG interpretation system as more effective tool in clinical field, the method of automatic EEG spike detection was additionally developed. Integrated automatic EEG interpretation system including spike detection was adopted to the data acquired from 20 subjects. Satisfactory results of the interpretation were obtained for all subjects by comparing with those of visual inspection. Integrated system has achieved a whole interpretation of awake EEG of both background EEG and spikes in paroxysmal abnormality. The method will be a powerful tool for various clinical scene.
