Epilepsy Monitoring Systems for Diagnosis and Treatment

Lisette Paris-Shaadi
Simon Fraser University, School of Engineering Science, ENSC 894

Epilepsy is a neurological disease of the brain that produces seizure.

It can be diagnosed and treated with an Epilepsy Monitoring System.
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1) Epilepsy Monitoring Unit 2) Monitor at Nurse’s Station

Room in a clinical facility equipped with: Displays physiological parameters of the

•Electroencephalogram
patients at the nurse´s station.
•Respiration and oxygen level sensors
•Video camera This monitor allows the nurses to be aware
of the patients´ stability.
Epilepsy Monitoring System
1)Epilepsy monitoring unit
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3) Central Control Unit 4) Storage Area Network

3)Central control unit
Specialized CPU that permits neurologists 4)Storage area network Network that connects the Central
to review the information. Control Unit with the hospital´s database.

The software provides the It provides autho-

following tools: play, rized persons easy
pause, fast forward, access to the study
rewind, delete and save. information, with an
automatic backup.
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