Breakthrough in EEG Monitoring Systems for Home Monitoring
From: Medical Design Technology - 11/13/2014

At Neuroscience 2014, held 11/15-19 in Washington, DC, nanoelectronics
research center Imec and Holst Centre presented their next-generation
wireless electroencephalography (EEG) headset achieving increased EEG data
quality. The headset combines dry electrodes with integrated
skin-to-electrode impedance monitoring to provide information about the
contact quality throughout the entire EEG recording. Unique signal processing
is integrated to cancel out motion artefacts. This breakthrough technology
paves the way to wireless EEG monitoring solutions for environments without
specialized technical assistance, such as at family doctors, psychiatrists,
paramedic care, ICU, or even at home.

EEG measurements are routinely performed by medical specialists in hospitals,
as part of medical diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders, such as
epileptic seizures, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
treatment, or in ICU or ER environments after severe head injury. Outside the
domain of the medical specialists, EEG monitoring could be extremely relevant
in revalidation therapy, sleep training, or cognitive enhancement for use at
home. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/11/breakthrough-eeg-monitoring-systems-home-monitoring

Links:
Imec
http://www2.imec.be/be_en/home.html

Imec and Holst Centre Report Breakthrough in Qualitative and Reliable EEG Monitoring Systems for Home Monitoring
http://www2.imec.be/be_en/press/imec-news/imec-eeg-impedance-monitoring.html