Wireless System for Long-Term EEG Monitoring of
Absence Epilepsy
Absence epilepsy is a form of epilepsy that occurs most
frequently in children. Due to the subtle nature of its
symptoms, episodes of absence epilepsy may often go unrecognized
or misdiagnosed [1] . Since EEG is an effective
means of detecting subtle abnormalities, it is desirable
to continuously monitor the EEG of epileptic patients.
Whitchurch et al. [1] recently developed and reported an
EEG monitoring system for patients with absence epilepsy.
The system utilized a Bluetooth personal area network
that linked the front-end (an EEG acquisition system)
and a data analysis system. This wireless monitoring
system allowed EEG monitoring of freely moving patients
as they performed their daily activities.