Method and apparatus for automatic evoked potentials assessment
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1. A system for monitoring brain electrical activity of a patient, comprising:
- a set of electrodes;
at least one auditory stimulus generator;
a detection system operatively connected to the set of electrodes and configured to receive electrical signals detected by the electrodes after production of an auditory stimulus by the stimulus generator, the electrical signals representing the patient'"'"'s auditory evoked response, and to transmit the electrical signals to a signal processor; and
the signal processor configured to;
reject artifacts present in the electrical signals using a plurality of automated artifact detectors working in parallel to generate artifact-free signals;
perform non-linear denoising on the artifact-free signals to produce denoised signals;
transform the denoised signals to a non-linear wavelet transform domain;
automatically detect locations of one or more peaks of the patient'"'"'s auditory evoked response in the non-linear wavelet transform domain;
extract a set of quantitative non-linear features related to the patient'"'"'s auditory evoked response; and
compare the set of non-linear features to one or more feature sets stored in a storage system and determine if the non-linear features are indicative of an abnormal neurologic state.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for assessing a patient'"'"'s neurologic state based on auditory evoked responses are provided.
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1. A system for monitoring brain electrical activity of a patient, comprising:
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a set of electrodes; at least one auditory stimulus generator; a detection system operatively connected to the set of electrodes and configured to receive electrical signals detected by the electrodes after production of an auditory stimulus by the stimulus generator, the electrical signals representing the patient'"'"'s auditory evoked response, and to transmit the electrical signals to a signal processor; and the signal processor configured to; reject artifacts present in the electrical signals using a plurality of automated artifact detectors working in parallel to generate artifact-free signals; perform non-linear denoising on the artifact-free signals to produce denoised signals; transform the denoised signals to a non-linear wavelet transform domain; automatically detect locations of one or more peaks of the patient'"'"'s auditory evoked response in the non-linear wavelet transform domain; extract a set of quantitative non-linear features related to the patient'"'"'s auditory evoked response; and compare the set of non-linear features to one or more feature sets stored in a storage system and determine if the non-linear features are indicative of an abnormal neurologic state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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14. A method for monitoring brain electrical activity, comprising:
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providing an auditory stimulus to a patient, by a stimulus generator; obtaining electrical signals representing an auditory evoked response by using a set of electrodes located on the patient after production of the auditory stimulus; transmitting the electrical signals real-time to a signal processor; performing a real-time artifact rejection step on the electrical signals using a plurality of automated artifact detectors working in parallel to generate artifact-free signals; performing a non-linear denoising step on the artifact-free signals to produce denoised signals; transforming the denoised signals to a non-linear wavelet transform domain; automatically detecting locations of one or more peaks of the patient'"'"'s auditory evoked response in the non-linear wavelet transform domain; extracting a set of quantitative non-linear features related to the patient'"'"'s auditory evoked response; and comparing the set of non-linear features to one or more feature sets stored in a storage system and determining if the non-linear features are indicative of an abnormal neurologic state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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