Atlas of Artifacts in Clinical Neurophysiology

by William Tatum IV DO

Overview

This atlas serves as a comprehensive working reference for a wide range of clinicians practicing in the field of clinical neurophysiology, including adult and pediatric neurologists, epileptologists, neurocritical care specialists, and electroneurodiagnostic technologists. Covering EEG, EMG, MEG, evoked potentials, sleep and autonomic studies, and ICU, critical care, and intraoperative monitoring, expert authors share examples of common and novel artifacts and highlight signature features to help practitioners recognize patterns and make accurate distinctions. This visual compendium of information in atlas format addresses the artifact in all areas of clinical neurophysiology and highlights the traps and pitfalls that can taint studies and lead to misdiagnosis if not properly identified.

Atlas of Artifacts in Clinical Neurophysiology provides full-page examples of waveforms and recordings to enhance appreciation of the nuances involved in distinguishing artifacts from neurological findings that require intervention. With the most up-to-date information available on artifacts present during procedures in both adult and pediatric patients, this book provides readers with an in-depth understanding of artifact interpretation that is essential to any clinician working in the field of clinical neurophysiology given the ubiquitous nature of artifact during electrophysiological recording.

Key Features:

• The only dedicated reference on artifacts in all areas of clinical neurophysiologic testing
• Large-format examples of both common and unusual artifacts encountered in each procedure category
• Up-to-date text in each chapter provides greater depth of explanation
• Draws on the expertise and clinical wisdom of leading practitioners to develop mastery in recognizing artifacts and avoiding diagnostic pitfalls
• Includes access to the digital ebook and 19 videos

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826169358
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	435
File size:	86 MB
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About the Author

Dr. William O. Tatum, IV, DO, is Professor, Department of Neurology, Mayo College of Medicine and Director, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

Table of Contents

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgment

1. Clinical Neurophysiology: An Overview

Edward C. Mader, Jr., Daniella Miller, and Piotr W. Olejniczak

2. Equipment and Instrumentation

Jonathan J. Halford

3. Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology

Gloria Galloway and Thoru Yamada

4. Artifacts of Neuromonitoring

Jason Siegel and David Freeman

5. Electroencephalography and Artifact in the Intensive Care Unit

Nishi Rampal, Carolina B. Maciel, and Lawrence J. Hirsch

6. Artifact in Pediatric Electroencephalography

Erika Takle Axeen and Phillip L. Pearl

7. Adult Electroencephalography Artifact

William O. Tatum, IV

8. Artifacts in Pediatric and Adult Magnetoencephalography

Christos Papadelis, Michel AlHilani, and Phillip L. Pearl

9. Nerve Conduction Studies and Needle Electromyography

Devon I. Rubin and Ruple S. Laughlin

10. Artifact in Autonomic Neurophysiology Studies

William P. Cheshire, Jr.

11. Polysomnographic Artifacts

Madeleine Grigg-Damberger

12. Artifacts in Evoked Potential Recordings

Alan D. Legatt

13. Artifacts in Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring

Aatif M. Husain, Stephanie L. Schwartz, and Emily B. Kale

14. Artifact Reduction

Tasneem F. Hasan and William O. Tatum, IV

Epilogue

Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Lawrence W Brown, MD (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Description: This is a comprehensive atlas of artifacts in neurophysiology, including EEG, EMG, MEG, evoked potentials, sleep, autonomic studies, and other procedures. It also includes chapters on the special issues in the ICU and intraoperative monitoring.
Purpose: While the book has a general discussion of the principles of the various neurophysiological modalities, this is not a basic textbook and assumes a working knowledge of the procedures. Its purpose is to highlight the many biological and environmental factors that make interpretation so challenging. In addition to many illustrations and tables highlighting common principles and artifacts, each individual modality has abundant examples of the pitfalls in interpretation.
Audience: This atlas is appropriate for child and adult neurologists, neurocritical care specialists, and technologists. It is clearly written by well-respected experts in the various areas of the subspecialty. The book may be ideally suited for epileptologists, since that area accounts for almost half of the examples.
Features: The book begins with a discussion of the basis for artifacts in all neurophysiological procedures, which require extensive work to maximize signal and minimize noise. Although we have come a long way from the heavily shielded rooms that were the only way to obtain decent EEG recordings, there remain many challenges. The epigram of an electroencephalographer from decades ago remains pertinent — reading EEGs is easy once you eliminate all of the potential artifacts. What makes this atlas worthwhile is its comprehensive nature, which incorporates fundamental common principles and problems while respecting the special nature of the differences. Individual chapters are devoted to each technology and even within a single neurophysiological procedure, separate chapters cover children and adults. Each highlights the traps and pitfalls that can lead to misinterpretation.
Assessment: This atlas is an important addition to the library of anyone who uses clinical neurophysiology. Not just EEG, EMG or MEG, but much more. It covers all of the modalities in the ICU, both invasive such as extraventricular drainage and noninvasive such as transcutaneous doppler ultrasonography and near-infrared spectroscopy. In addition, it reviews autonomic neurophysiology studies and intraoperative monitoring. All have potential physiological, environmental, and technical artifacts that can confuse and confound. This book goes far to help clinicians confidently steer through these challenging waters and better distinguish between signal and noise. Since most readers will be neither engineers nor physicists, it is reassuring that such training is not necessary and the basic concepts can be supported using simple equations. For anyone interested, the chapter on equipment and instrumentation goes far to explain the scientific basis of all clinical neurophysiology.

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