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Equipment Setup and Artifact Removal for Simultaneous Electroencephalogram and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Clinical Review in Epilepsy
Published on: June 23, 2023
MPEG digital compression and analogue videotape: a comparison of moving images and electroencephalogram data in
Kouhei Akazawa1, Shigeki Kameyama, Ryuzo Mase
1Departmetn of Medical Informatics, Niigata University Medical Hospital. akazawa@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
Primary Objectives:
The objective of this study was to compare the clinical usefulness, in the field of epileptology, of digital moving images and electroencephalogram (EEG) waveforms by Motion Pictures Expert Group compression algorithms (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2) to that of conventional analogue recording.
Research Design And Methods:
Three epileptic seizure scenes consisting of moving images and the corresponding EEG waveforms in an epileptic patient were selected as the images to be evaluated. Each scene was recorded using MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and videotape. Ten doctors used six criteria to evaluate the quality of moving images, EEG data and audio.
Main Outcomes:
Analysis of variance and Bonferroni tests indicated that the image quality of MPEG-2 was superior to that of MPEG-1 or videotape for all criteria. Furthermore, MPEG-2 obtained much higher scores in EEG waveform quality than did the other modalities.
Conclusions:
Our findings suggested that data from MPEG-2 images will lead to more precise diagnosis and treatment decision-making than data from analogue videotape recordings.
