This study aimed to examine the background electroencephalography (EEG) in children with childhood absence epilepsy, a condition whose presentation has strong developmental links. EEG hallmarks of absence seizure activity are widely accepted and there is recognition that the bulk of inter-ictal EEG in this group is normal to the naked eye. This multidisciplinary study aimed to use the normalized total wavelet entropy (NTWS) (Signal Processing 83 (2003) 1275) to examine the background EEG of those patients demonstrating absence seizure activity, and compare it with children without absence epilepsy. This calculation can be used to define the degree of order in a system, with higher levels of entropy indicating a more disordered (chaotic) system. Results were subjected to further statistical analyses of significance. Entropy values were calculated for patients versus controls. For all channels combined, patients with absence epilepsy showed (statistically significant) lower entropy values than controls. The size of the difference in entropy values was not uniform, with certain EEG electrodes consistently showing greater differences than others. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Quantitative EEG analysis of the maturational changes associated with childhood absence epilepsy |
Autor: | Rosso, O.A.; Hyslop, W.; Gerlach, R.; Smith, R.L.L.; Rostas, J.A.P.; Hunter, M. |
Filiación: | Instituto de Cálculo, FCEyN, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina School of Behavioural Sciences, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton, NSW, Australia School of Biomedical Sciences, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia |
Palabras clave: | EEG; Entropy; Epilepsy; Wavelet analysis; Chaos theory; Diagnosis; Diseases; Entropy; Patient treatment; Wavelet transforms; Childhood diseases; Epilepsy; Maturational changes; Normalized total wavelet entropy (NTWS); Electroencephalography |
Año: | 2005 |
Volumen: | 356 |
Número: | 1 |
Página de inicio: | 184 |
Página de fin: | 189 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2005.05.034 |
Título revista: | Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Nonlinear Physics (MEDYFINOL'04) |
Título revista abreviado: | Phys A Stat Mech Appl |
ISSN: | 03784371 |
CODEN: | PHYAD |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03784371_v356_n1_p184_Rosso |