SBIR/STTR Research Award
SEIZURE LOCALIZATION RESEARCH WORKSTATION
Award amount
$499,964Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1993Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SAM TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
LOCALIZATION OF BRAIN TISSUE RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIATING SEIZURES IS AN ESSENTIAL PROCEDURE THAT PRECEDES SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THIS TISSUE IN PATIENTS WITH INTRACTABLE PARTIAL COMPLEX SEIZURES. IN THE BEST CASE, GOOD LOCALIZATION CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH VISUAL ANALYSIS OF SEIZUREONSETS RECORDED FROM HOURS OF SCALP-RECORDED EEGS. UNFORTUNATELY, GOOD LOCALIZATION CAN OFTEN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY SURGICAL IMPLANTATION OF ELECTRODES ON THE SURFACE OF OR IN THE BRAIN. THIS RESEARCH IS AIMED AT REDUCING THE NEED FOR SURGICAL LOCALIZATION BY EXTRACTING MORE INFORMATION FROM SCALP-RECORDED EEGS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, IT IS PLANNEDTO DEVELOP A SEIZURE LOCALIZATION WORKSTATION.
Technology keywords
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