Reliability and accuracy of EEG interpretation for estimating age in preterm infants.

Journal: Annals of clinical and translational neurology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine the accuracy of, and agreement among, EEG and aEEG readers' estimation of maturity and a novel computational measure of functional brain age (FBA) in preterm infants.

Authors

  • Nathan J Stevenson
    3 Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Maria-Luisa Tataranno
    Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Anna Kaminska
    Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.
  • Elena Pavlidis
    INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
  • Robert R Clancy
    Department of Pediatrics (Neurology), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Elke Griesmaier
    Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
  • James A Roberts
    Brain Modelling Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
  • Katrin Klebermass-Schrehof
    Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Sampsa Vanhatalo
    1 BABA Center, Children's Hospital, HUS Medical Imaging Center, Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Finland.