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ReviewJournal of medicine and life

The Role of Quantitative EEG in the Diagnosis of Neuropsychiatric Disorders.

Livia Livint Popa, Hanna Dragos, Cristina Pantelemon, Olivia Verisezan Rosu, Stefan Strilciuc

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Review in Journal of medicine and life. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Patterns of Lateral Frontal Delta Asymmetry in Adult Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder with Comorbid Depression: A Quantitative Electroencephalography Study.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  4. Wrinkle-Adaptive Kirigami Wearables With Anisotropic Deformability for Sleep EEG Monitoring.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Livia Livint Popa"RoNeuro" Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Hanna Dragos"RoNeuro" Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cristina Pantelemon"RoNeuro" Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Olivia Verisezan Rosu"RoNeuro" Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Stefan Strilciuc"RoNeuro" Institute for Neurological Research and Diagnostic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) is a modern type of electroencephalography (EEG) analysis that involves recording digital EEG signals which are processed, transformed, and analyzed using complex mathematical algorithms. QEEG has brought new techniques of EEG signals feature extraction: analysis of specific frequency band and signal complexity, analysis of connectivity, and network analysis. The clinical application of QEEG is extensive, including neuropsychiatric disorders, epilepsy, stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury, mental health disorders, and many others. In this review, we talk through existing evidence on the practical applications of this clinical tool. We conclude that to date, the role of QEEG is not necessarily to pinpoint an immediate diagnosis but to provide additional insight in conjunction with other diagnostic evaluations in order to objective information necessary for obtaining a precise diagnosis, correct disease severity assessment, and specific treatment response evaluation.

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ElectroencephalographyAlgorithmsBrain Injuries, TraumaticDementiaHumansIntensive Care UnitsMental DisordersEEGQEEGQuantitativeReview

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PMID32341694
PMCPMC7175442

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