eeg artifacts - acns
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EEG Artifacts
Katie Bullinger, MD/PhDAssistant ProfessorEmory University
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Conflicts of InterestI have no financial disclosures or conflicts of interest related to the material contained within this talk.
Research funding: Neuropace, Inc., CDC, NIH for unrelated work.
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Outline
• What is an artifact?
• Approach to artifacts
• Physiologic artifacts
• Non-physiologic artifacts
• Reducing artifacts
• Conclusions
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Artifacts
• Electrical potentials stemming from extracerebral sources
• Often contaminate the recording
• Rarely helpful
• Can result in misinterpretation of the EEG
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Ictalmimics
• Tremor• Tapping• Focal facial movements• Electrode artifacts
McKay and Tatum (2019)
• Eye flutter• Tongue movements• Neurostimulators• Head jerks• Ventilator• Psychogenic nonepileptic spells
Generalized
Focal
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Approach to Artifacts
Appearance Morphology, polarity, amplitude, duration, frequency, evolution, disruption of the background
Distribution Single electrode, beyond scalp
Setting Ambulatory, ICU, EMU, OR
State Wakefulness, drowsiness, sleep, comatose
Video Recording Tremor, patting, tooth brushing, CPR
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Clues to Artifact
• A restricted to only 1 channel
• Noncontiguous head regions
• Affects non-scalp electrodes
• Complex waveforms
• Atypical generalized waveforms
• Precise periodicity and uniformity
• Very fast (>70 Hz) or very slow (<1Hz)
Tatum (2013)
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EEG Artifacts
Physiologic Non-physiologic
Extrinsic
Equipment Environmental
Intrinsic (Implanted
devices)
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PhysiologicArtifacts
• Ocular
• Cardiac
• Myogenic
• Glossokinetic
• Respiratory
• Sweat
• Movement
• Bone (breach)
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Eye movements- blink
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Asymmetric eye movements
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Lateral eye movements
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Eye movements- lateral rectus spikes
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Eye movements- ocular flutter
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Cardiac- EKG
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Cardiac- pulse
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Myogenic
Patient relaxes
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Chewing
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Asymmetric chewing
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Glossokinetic
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Respiratory
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Sweat
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Salt bridge
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Movement
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Tremor
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Toothbrushing
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Psychogenic nonepileptic spell
Shaking starts Shaking stops
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Patting
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Sternal rub
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CPR
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Breach
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Non-physiologicArtifacts
• Electrode pop• Electrode disconnection• 60 cycle• Drips• Ventilator• Cell phone• Neurostimulators
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Electrode pop
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Electrode disconnection
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60-cycle
Notch on
Notch off
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IV Drip
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Ventilator/tubing
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Cell phone
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Neurostimulation devices
RNSDBS
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Artifact Reduction
• Manual Rejection
• Automated Artifact Rejection/Subtraction
• Band Pass Filtration
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Automated artifact subtraction
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Bandpass filtration
**It can mask focal or generalized slowing
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Bandpass filtration
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Bandpass filtration
**Filtering can lead to erroneous interpretation of myogenic artifact as cerebral activity
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Preferential to rejection/subtraction/filtering, find and eliminate source of artifact when possible.
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Conclusions
• EEG artifacts are commonly encountered
• Many artifacts can be easily identified, but others maybe difficult to identify and may mimic brain activity including ictal or interictal findings.
• Video can often be helpful in identifying the source
• Identifying and interpreting EEG artifact is essential to proper EEG interpretation
• Artifact reducing techniques can be helpful, but should not replace a solid understanding of neurophysiologic principles
• When possible, attempts should be made to rectify source.
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Questions?
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References/additional reading• Ebersole J. Current Practice of Clinical Electroencephalography (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters
Kluwer Health.
• Gaspard N, Hirsch L. Pitfalls in Ictal EEG Interpretation. Neurology. 2013;80:S26-S42. • Mathias, Sally V.; Bensalem-Owen, Meriem. Artifacts That Can Be Misinterpreted as Interictal
Discharges, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology: July 2019 - Volume 36 - Issue 4 - p 264-274• McKay JH, Tatum WO. Artifact Mimicking Ictal Epileptiform Activity in EEG. J ClinNeurophysiol.
2019 Jul;36(4):275-288.
• Tatum WO, Dworetzky BA, Schomer DL. Artifact and recording concepts in EEG. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2011 Jun;28(3):252-63.
• Tatum et al. Handbook of EEG interpretation (2nd Edition). New York, NY: Demos Medical• Tatum WO. Artifact-related epilepsy. Neurology. 2013 Jan 1;80(1 Suppl 1):S12-25.