Transmitting, analyzing and reporting EEG data
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting, analyzing, and reporting of patient bioelectrical data for a physician attending a patient at a remote site, comprising:
- a local computer at the remote site for controlling the administration of a local bioelectrical test to the patient by the physician, the collection of response data generated from the administered test, and the transmission of response data to a data collection and analysis center;
signal gathering means located at the remote site, and operative in conjunction with said local computer, for gathering signals indicative of the bioelectrical response of the patient to the test administered at the remote site;
first telephonic transmitting/receiving means located at the remote site, and operative in conjunction with said local computer, for establishing a high-speed, multi-channel telephonic communications link with, and transmitting response data based upon the patient response signals to, a data collection and analysis center at a distant and different location from the remote site concurrently with the administration of the test;
second telephonic transmitting/receiving means located at the distant data collection and analysis center for receiving the transmitted response data signals from the remote site and for transmitting the analysis results back to the remote site;
computerized data analysis means located at the data collection and analysis center for analyzing the received data signals, deriving analysis results therefrom, and transmitting the analysis results back to the remote site via said telephonic communications link between said first and second telephonic transmitting/receiving means; and
display means located at the remote site, and operative in conjunction with said local computer, for receiving the transmitted analysis results and displaying it to the physician or patient concurrently with the administration of the test.
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Abstract
A method and system for acquisition, transmission, analysis, and analysis reporting of patient bioelectrical data, including electroencephalogram (EEG), computer-enhanced and expanded EEG (CEEG), dynamic brain mapping, evoked potentials (EP) and event related potential (ERP) data, with or without dynamic brain mapping, between a remote site where the physician and patient are located and a data collection and analysis center where the data can be analyzed by high-level computer analysis and/or expert technicians using an available communications channel. The EP, ERP and/or EEG data signals are gathered locally and transmitted using a local computer unit to control stimulus generation, data acquisition, and transmission functions. The high-level or computationally-intensive computer at the data collection and analysis center can also generate brain mapping analysis. The analysis results, along with statistical comparisons of the patient condition at the remote site with the data bases (normals, diagnostic groups, psychotropic drug data bases) at the receiving center are transmitted back over a communications channel to the remote site for display to the physician and patient.
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1. A system for transmitting, analyzing, and reporting of patient bioelectrical data for a physician attending a patient at a remote site, comprising:
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a local computer at the remote site for controlling the administration of a local bioelectrical test to the patient by the physician, the collection of response data generated from the administered test, and the transmission of response data to a data collection and analysis center; signal gathering means located at the remote site, and operative in conjunction with said local computer, for gathering signals indicative of the bioelectrical response of the patient to the test administered at the remote site; first telephonic transmitting/receiving means located at the remote site, and operative in conjunction with said local computer, for establishing a high-speed, multi-channel telephonic communications link with, and transmitting response data based upon the patient response signals to, a data collection and analysis center at a distant and different location from the remote site concurrently with the administration of the test; second telephonic transmitting/receiving means located at the distant data collection and analysis center for receiving the transmitted response data signals from the remote site and for transmitting the analysis results back to the remote site; computerized data analysis means located at the data collection and analysis center for analyzing the received data signals, deriving analysis results therefrom, and transmitting the analysis results back to the remote site via said telephonic communications link between said first and second telephonic transmitting/receiving means; and display means located at the remote site, and operative in conjunction with said local computer, for receiving the transmitted analysis results and displaying it to the physician or patient concurrently with the administration of the test. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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