TY - JOUR
T1 - High-Density EEG in Current Clinical Practice and Opportunities for the Future
AU - Stoyell, Sally M.
AU - Wilmskoetter, Janina
AU - Dobrota, Mary Ann
AU - Chinappen, Dhinakaran M.
AU - Bonilha, Leonardo
AU - Mintz, Mark
AU - Brinkmann, Benjamin H.
AU - Herman, Susan T.
AU - Peters, Jurriaan M.
AU - Vulliemoz, Serge
AU - Seeck, Margitta
AU - Hämäläinen, Matti S.
AU - Chu, Catherine J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 by the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - High-density EEG (HD-EEG) recordings use a higher spatial sampling of scalp electrodes than a standard 10-20 lowdensity EEG montage. Although several studies have demonstrated improved localization of the epileptogenic cortex using HD-EEG, widespread implementation is impeded by cost, setup and interpretation time, and lack of specific or sufficient procedural billing codes. Despite these barriers, HD-EEG has been in use at several institutions for years. These centers have noted utility in a variety of clinical scenarios where increased spatial resolution from HD-EEG has been required, justifying the extra time and cost. We share select scenarios from several centers, using different recording techniques and software, where HD-EEG provided information above and beyond the standard low-density EEG. We include seven cases where HD-EEG contributed directly to current clinical care of epilepsy patients and highlight two novel techniques which suggest potential opportunities to improve future clinical care. Cases illustrate how HD-EEG allows clinicians to: case 1dlateralize falsely generalized interictal epileptiform discharges; case 2dimprove localization of falsely generalized epileptic spasms; cases 3 and 4dimprove localization of interictal epileptiform discharges in anatomic regions below the circumferential limit of standard lowdensity EEG coverage; case 5dimprove noninvasive localization of the seizure onset zone in lesional epilepsy; cases 6 and 7dimprove localization of the seizure onset zone to guide invasive investigation near eloquent cortex; case 8didentify epileptic fast oscillations; and case 9dmap language cortex. Together, these nine cases illustrate that using both visual analysis and advanced techniques, HD-EEG can play an important role in clinical management.
AB - High-density EEG (HD-EEG) recordings use a higher spatial sampling of scalp electrodes than a standard 10-20 lowdensity EEG montage. Although several studies have demonstrated improved localization of the epileptogenic cortex using HD-EEG, widespread implementation is impeded by cost, setup and interpretation time, and lack of specific or sufficient procedural billing codes. Despite these barriers, HD-EEG has been in use at several institutions for years. These centers have noted utility in a variety of clinical scenarios where increased spatial resolution from HD-EEG has been required, justifying the extra time and cost. We share select scenarios from several centers, using different recording techniques and software, where HD-EEG provided information above and beyond the standard low-density EEG. We include seven cases where HD-EEG contributed directly to current clinical care of epilepsy patients and highlight two novel techniques which suggest potential opportunities to improve future clinical care. Cases illustrate how HD-EEG allows clinicians to: case 1dlateralize falsely generalized interictal epileptiform discharges; case 2dimprove localization of falsely generalized epileptic spasms; cases 3 and 4dimprove localization of interictal epileptiform discharges in anatomic regions below the circumferential limit of standard lowdensity EEG coverage; case 5dimprove noninvasive localization of the seizure onset zone in lesional epilepsy; cases 6 and 7dimprove localization of the seizure onset zone to guide invasive investigation near eloquent cortex; case 8didentify epileptic fast oscillations; and case 9dmap language cortex. Together, these nine cases illustrate that using both visual analysis and advanced techniques, HD-EEG can play an important role in clinical management.
KW - Electrical source imaging
KW - Epilepsy
KW - HD-EEG
KW - Localization
KW - Noninvasive
KW - Spatial resolution
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U2 - 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000807
DO - 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000807
M3 - Article
C2 - 33661787
AN - SCOPUS:85102685531
SN - 0736-0258
VL - 38
SP - 112
EP - 123
JO - Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
IS - 2
ER -