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ArticleIEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine2017

Detection of Paroxysms in Long-Term, Single-Channel EEG-Monitoring of Patients with Typical Absence Seizures.

Troels W Kjaer, Helge B D Sorensen, Sabine Groenborg, Charlotte R Pedersen, Jonas Duun-Henriksen

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Article in IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04284072 (A Multicenter Study to Examine Clinical Scenarios for Long-term Monitoring of Epileptic Seizures With a Wearable Biopotential Technology), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04284072 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

A Multicenter Study to Examine Clinical Scenarios for Long-term Monitoring of Epileptic Seizures With a Wearable Biopotential Technology

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversitaire Ziekenhuizen KU LeuvenRan2020 to 2022Enrolled496ConditionsEpilepsyArmsSensor Dot
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Seizure Detection Devices.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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  7. EEG phase synchronization during absence seizures.Frontiers in neuroinformatics · 2023
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  15. Seizure detection: do current devices work? And when can they be useful?Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Troels W KjaerCenter of NeurophysiologyDepartment of NeurologyZealand University Hospital.
Helge B D SorensenDepartment of Electrical EngineeringTechnical University of Denmark.
Sabine GroenborgJuliane Marie CentreRigshospitalet University Hospital.
Charlotte R PedersenDepartment of Children and YouthNordzealand Hospital Hillerød.
Jonas Duun-HenriksenHypo-Safe A/S.
Nordsjællands Hospital · DKRigshospitalet · DKSubstance Abuse Free Environment · USTechnical University of Denmark · DKZealand University Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Absence seizures are associated with generalized 2.5-5 Hz spike-wave discharges in the electroencephalogram (EEG). Rarely are patients, parents, or physicians aware of the duration or incidence of seizures. Six patients were monitored with a portable EEG-device over four times 24 h to evaluate how easily outpatients are monitored and how well an automatic seizure detection algorithm can identify the absences. Based on patient-specific modeling, we achieved a sensitivity of 98.4% with only 0.23 false detections per hour. This yields a clinically satisfying performance with a positive predictive value of 87.1%. Portable EEG-recorders identifying paroxystic events in epilepsy outpatients are a promising tool for patients and physicians dealing with absence epilepsy. Albeit the small size of the EEG-device, some children still complained about the obtrusive nature of the device. We aim at developing less obtrusive though still very efficient devices, e.g., hidden in the ear canal or below the skin.

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Absence seizuresautomatic seizure detectionepilepsysingle channel EEGSVM

Identifiers

PMID29018634
PMCPMC5477700
OpenAlexW2569232170

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