Protocol for Reducing COVID-19 Transmission Risk in EEG Research

Brain Activity ◽

Transmission Risk ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Noninvasive Method ◽

Laboratory Personnel ◽

Research Participants ◽

Eeg Recordings ◽

Abstract Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings provide a valuable, noninvasive method for measuring human brain activity. This protocol modifies our general protocol for EEG recording (Farrens et al., 2019) for use during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was created with the help of numerous experts, and it specifies a clear set of steps for interacting with research participants, using personal protective equipment (PPE), and disinfecting equipment, all with the goal of reducing the COVID-19 risks for both laboratory personnel and participants. It focuses on the use of EEG in relatively simple research studies of adults who can easily understand and follow instructions, yet can be readily adapted for studies using other types of EEG experiments or other participant populations.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) Recording Protocol for Cognitive and Affective Human Neuroscience Research

10.21203/rs.2.18328/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Jaclyn L. Farrens ◽

Aaron M. Simmons ◽

Steven J. Luck ◽

Emily S. Kappenman

Keyword(s):

Human Brain ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Neuroscience Research ◽

Eeg Data ◽

Eeg Recordings ◽

Brain Processing ◽

Resolution Measure ◽

Abstract Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the most widely used techniques to measure human brain activity. EEG recordings provide a direct, high temporal resolution measure of cortical activity from noninvasive scalp electrodes. However, the signals are small relative to the noise, and optimizing the quality of the recorded EEG data can significantly improve the ability to identify signatures of brain processing. This protocol provides a step-by-step guide to recording the EEG from human research participants using strategies optimized for producing the best quality EEG.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) Recording Protocol for Cognitive and Affective Human Neuroscience Research

10.21203/rs.2.18328/v3 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jaclyn L. Farrens ◽

Aaron M. Simmons ◽

Steven J. Luck ◽

Emily S. Kappenman

Keyword(s):

Human Brain ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Neuroscience Research ◽

Eeg Data ◽

Eeg Recordings ◽

Brain Processing ◽

Resolution Measure ◽

Abstract Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the most widely used techniques to measure human brain activity. EEG recordings provide a direct, high temporal resolution measure of cortical activity from noninvasive scalp electrodes. However, the signals are small relative to the noise, and optimizing the quality of the recorded EEG data can significantly improve the ability to identify signatures of brain processing. This protocol provides a step-by-step guide to recording the EEG from human research participants using strategies optimized for producing the best quality EEG.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) Recording Protocol for Cognitive and Affective Human Neuroscience Research

10.21203/rs.2.18328/v4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jaclyn L. Farrens ◽

Aaron M. Simmons ◽

Steven J. Luck ◽

Emily S. Kappenman

Keyword(s):

Human Brain ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Neuroscience Research ◽

Eeg Data ◽

Eeg Recordings ◽

Brain Processing ◽

Resolution Measure ◽

Abstract Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the most widely used techniques to measure human brain activity. EEG recordings provide a direct, high temporal resolution measure of cortical activity from noninvasive scalp electrodes. However, the signals are small relative to the noise, and optimizing the quality of the recorded EEG data can significantly improve the ability to identify signatures of brain processing. This protocol provides a step-by-step guide to recording the EEG from human research participants using strategies optimized for producing the best quality EEG.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) Recording Protocol for Cognitive and Affective Human Neuroscience Research

10.21203/rs.2.18328/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jaclyn L. Farrens ◽

Aaron M. Simmons ◽

Steven J. Luck ◽

Emily S. Kappenman

Keyword(s):

Human Brain ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Neuroscience Research ◽

Eeg Data ◽

Eeg Recordings ◽

Brain Processing ◽

Resolution Measure ◽

Abstract Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the most widely used techniques to measure human brain activity. EEG recordings provide a direct, high temporal resolution measure of cortical activity from noninvasive scalp electrodes. However, the signals are small relative to the noise, and optimizing the quality of the recorded EEG data can significantly improve the ability to identify signatures of brain processing. This protocol provides a step-by-step guide to recording the EEG from human research participants using strategies optimized for producing the best quality EEG.

Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment by Laboratory Personnel at a Large Medical Research Institution

Applied Industrial Hygiene ◽

10.1080/08828032.1989.10390433 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 4 (8) ◽

pp. 205-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carol A. Newill ◽

Alice E. Koegel ◽

Valerie L. Prenger ◽

Richard Evans ◽

Morton Corn

Keyword(s):

Medical Research ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Laboratory Personnel ◽

Research Institution

COVID-19: experiences of roadside logistics from a UK air ambulance service

Journal of Paramedic Practice ◽

10.12968/jpar.2020.12.7.263 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (7) ◽

pp. 263-268

Author(s):

Stian Mohrsen

Keyword(s):

Ambulance Service ◽

Transmission Risk ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Clinical Approach ◽

Air Ambulances ◽

Air Ambulance ◽

Mode Of Operation

The COVID-19 pandemic is so widespread that any patient in the prehospital environment is considered a significant transmission risk. UK charity air ambulances are affected by challenges regarding air equipment decontamination, staff redeployment and acquisition of personal protective equipment. This has led services to change their mode of operation and contribute to other areas of healthcare that have sprung up in response to the pandemic. Implementing adapted processes and assuming a clear clinical approach can help prevent transmission and uphold service integrity.

Which Personal Protective Equipment Should I Use while Caring for Children Attending the ED? Paediatric Emergency Procedures in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond

10.21203/rs.3.rs-565729/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Simon Craig ◽

Julia Clark ◽

Mike Starr ◽

Joanne Grindlay ◽

Andrew Tagg ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Infectious Disease ◽

Infectious Diseases ◽

Respiratory Illness ◽

Transmission Risk ◽

Protective Equipment ◽

Emergency Physicians ◽

Emergency Procedures ◽

Community Transmission ◽

Infectious Disease Specialists

Abstract ObjectivesTo determine recommendations for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) based on transmission risk for paediatric procedures in the Emergency Department during the COVID-19 pandemic. MethodsTwo survey rounds were conducted in April-May 2020. The survey presented a number of emergency medicine procedures relevant to the care of children, and asked respondents to provide PPE recommendations according to levels of community transmission, and whether or not the child had symptoms of acute respiratory illness. ResultsParticipants were recruited by approaching relevant professional groups, with 15 from the PREDICT network and 12 from the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases (ASID) Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ANZPID) Group. Airborne PPE is recommended for resuscitative procedures and various respiratory procedures in most situations There were differences in opinion between emergency and paediatric infectious disease specialists with regards to most appropriate PPE for children without symptoms of COVID-19 in a setting of low community transmission, and for procedures involving the head, neck or airway. In general, emergency physicians were more likely to favour airborne PPE than infectious disease specialists. In the setting of high community transmission, there was a stronger tendency to recommend at least droplet precautions for most procedures – regardless of whether or not the child had symptoms. ConclusionsDifferences in PPE recommendations for various paediatric procedures between infectious disease specialists and emergency physicians were identified. Further research is urgently needed to clarify and quantify risks for many common interventions and determine strategies for multidisciplinary consensus regarding future recommendations.

A New Signal Processing Approach for Discrimination of EEG Recordings

Stats ◽

10.3390/stats1010011 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 155-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hossein Hassani ◽

Mohammad Yeganegi ◽

Emmanuel Silva

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Singular Spectrum Analysis ◽

Principal Component ◽

Discrete Wavelet ◽

Brain Disorders ◽

Eeg Signals ◽

Eeg Recordings ◽

Improving Accuracy ◽

Classifying brain activities based on electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is one of the important applications of time series discriminant analysis for diagnosing brain disorders. In this paper, we introduce a new method based on the Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) technique for classifying brain activity based on EEG signals via an application into a benchmark dataset for epileptic study with five categories, consisting of 100 EEG recordings per category. The results from the SSA based approach are xcompared with those from discrete wavelet transform before proposing a hybrid SSA and principal component analysis based approach for improving accuracy levels further.

Integrative Visuomotor Behavior Is Associated With Interregionally Coherent Oscillations in the Human Brain

Journal of Neurophysiology ◽

10.1152/jn.1998.79.3.1567 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 79 (3) ◽

pp. 1567-1573 ◽

Cited By ~ 152

Author(s):

Joseph Classen ◽

Christian Gerloff ◽

Manabu Honda ◽

Mark Hallett

Keyword(s):

Motor Cortex ◽

Human Brain ◽

Large Scale ◽

Isometric Force ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Motor Task ◽

Low Frequency ◽

Visuomotor Behavior ◽

Electrical Brain Activity ◽

Eeg Recordings

Classen, Joseph, Christian Gerloff, Manabu Honda, and Mark Hallett. Integrative visuomotor behavior is associated with interregionally coherent oscillations in the human brain. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 1567–1573, 1998. Coherent electrical brain activity has been demonstrated to be associated with perceptual events in mammals. It is unclear whether or not it is also a mechanism instrumental in the performance of sensorimotor tasks requiring the continuous processing of information between primarily executive and receptive brain areas. In particular it is unknown whether or not interregional coherent activity detectable in electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings on the scalp reflects interareal functional cooperativity in humans. We studied patterns of changes in EEG-coherence associated with a visuomotor force-tracking task in seven subjects. Interregional coherence of EEG signals recorded from scalp regions overlying the visual and the motor cortex increased in comparison to a resting condition when subjects tracked a visual target by producing an isometric force with their right index finger. Coherence between visual and motor cortex decreased when the subjects produced a similar motor output in the presence of a visual distractor and was unchanged in a purely visual and purely motor task. Increases and decreases of coherence were best differentiated in the low beta frequency range (13–21 Hz). This observation suggests a special functional significance of low frequency oscillations in information processing in large-scale networks. These findings substantiate the view that coherent brain activity underlies integrative sensorimotor behavior.