Automation of the seizure investigation unit at the University of British Columbia Health Sciences Centre Hospital.
At the University of British Columbia Health Sciences Centre Hospital we have constructed an automated Seizure Investigation Unit for long term monitoring of epileptic patients. A central component of this system is a new device, developed at the University of British Columbia, which prevents video and EEG records of seizures recorded on video tape from being over-recorded. Computer technology is relied upon to a considerable degree in our unit. Computers are seen, in this phase of development of the SIU, as a means of making patient monitoring less dependent on supervision. They can help to redirect human energy towards complex analysis rather than time consuming and simple monitoring tasks.
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D001331:Automation; D003201:Computers; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D013686:Telemetry; D014743:Videotape Recording