Epilepsy Seizure Detection with Innovative Tripolar EEG
Purpose
A prospective cross-sectional observational study of the usability, accuracy, and safety of a novel EEG diagnostic device, the Tripolar Concentric Ring Electrode (TCRE) that is the critical component of the tripolar EEG (tEEG) technique. The main study objectives will be met by comparisons of conventional scalp EEG and intracranial stereo-EEG (sEEG) to tEEG recordings. The study will test safety and usability of TCRE, and the tEEG capacity to detect important brain signals and seizures suppress artifacts, and localize the seizure onset zone.
Who can participate
Patients who satisfy the requirements listed below are eligible to participate:
- Scheduled for routine outpatient EEG for clinical diagnosis
- Clinical diagnosis of epilepsy
- Scheduled for inpatient video-EEG monitoring for clinical diagnosis
- MRI of brain available
Visits
The number of visits depends on the phase of the study. Patients can expect a tEEG in the first phase, a tEEG and one follow-up visit in the second phase, and a tEEG and two follow-up visits in the third phase. In the third phase, if patients have surgery, they can expect follow-up phone calls or televisits at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after surgery.
