Interictal Epileptiform Discharge Detection in EEG in Different Practice Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of the study was to measure the performance of academic and private practice (PP) neurologists in detecting interictal epileptiform discharges in routine scalp EEG recordings.

Methods

Thirty-five EEG scorers (EEGers) participated (19 academic and 16 PP) and marked the location of ETs in 200 30-second EEG segments using a web-based EEG annotation system. All participants provided board certification status, years of Epilepsy Fellowship Training (EFT), and years in practice. The Persyst P13 automated IED detection algorithm was also run on the EEG segments for comparison.

Results

Academic EEGers had an average of 1.66 years of EFT versus 0.50 years of EFT for PP EEGers (P < 0.0001) and had higher rates of board certification. Inter-rater agreement for

SUBMITTER: Halford JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126936 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature