ABRET WAVEFORM ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION,
ECI RECORDING (WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION)
The activity in the red box would be best describes as:
a. EMG
b. RTTD
c. EKG
d. BETS - EMG
Which of the following is characteristic of triphasic waves?
a. They have a sharp initial positive phase
b. They are posterior dominant
c. They have a time lag from frontal to posterior head regions
d. They are usually unilateral - They have a time lag from frontal to posterior head
regions
What is happening in the first 2 seconds and the last 2 seconds in the sample?
a. the low filter was turned off
b. 60 Hz artifact
c. seizure activity
d. the high filter was turned off - 60 Hz artifact
Which of the following EEG patterns is LEAST likely to be associated with clinical
symptoms?
a. Generalized slow spike and wave of 1.5 to 2.5 Hz
b. 6 Hz spike and wave
c. Generalized 3 Hz spike and wave
d. FIRDA - 6 Hz spike and wave
The patient is a 25 year old male with a traumatic brain injury. What is seen in this
sample?
a. complex partial seizure
b. generalized tonic clonic seizure
c. burst suppression
d. artifact - Artifact
Which of the following patterns is characteristically eliminated by movement of a
limb?
, a. lambda waves
b. POSTS
c. Kappa
d. Mu rhythm - Mu rhythm
Mu rhythm
a. 12-14 Hz
b. 2-6 Hz
c. 15-16 Hz
d. 8-10 Hz - 8-10 Hz
Which of the following is considered abnormal?
a. 6 Hz spike
b. Wicket spikes
c. small sharp spikes (SSS)
d. spikes - spikes
Benign Epileptiform Transients of Sleep
a. stage IV sleep
b. common in infancy
c. midline occipital
d. peak at 30-60 years - peak at 30-60 years
What EEG pattern is seen in this image?
a burst suppression
b. postictal state
c. hypsarrhythmia with electrodecremental period
d. GPEDS - burst suppression
Which is most important when evaluating background frequency?
a. wakefulness and age
b. quality of sleep and HV effort
c. medications and allergies
d. photic stimulation and stimulating frequencies - wakefulness and age
Which of the following best describes secondary bilateral synchrony?
a. generates simultaneous generalized discharges
b. produces 3 Hz spike and wave discharges
c. originates from both temporal lobes at the same time
ECI RECORDING (WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION)
The activity in the red box would be best describes as:
a. EMG
b. RTTD
c. EKG
d. BETS - EMG
Which of the following is characteristic of triphasic waves?
a. They have a sharp initial positive phase
b. They are posterior dominant
c. They have a time lag from frontal to posterior head regions
d. They are usually unilateral - They have a time lag from frontal to posterior head
regions
What is happening in the first 2 seconds and the last 2 seconds in the sample?
a. the low filter was turned off
b. 60 Hz artifact
c. seizure activity
d. the high filter was turned off - 60 Hz artifact
Which of the following EEG patterns is LEAST likely to be associated with clinical
symptoms?
a. Generalized slow spike and wave of 1.5 to 2.5 Hz
b. 6 Hz spike and wave
c. Generalized 3 Hz spike and wave
d. FIRDA - 6 Hz spike and wave
The patient is a 25 year old male with a traumatic brain injury. What is seen in this
sample?
a. complex partial seizure
b. generalized tonic clonic seizure
c. burst suppression
d. artifact - Artifact
Which of the following patterns is characteristically eliminated by movement of a
limb?
, a. lambda waves
b. POSTS
c. Kappa
d. Mu rhythm - Mu rhythm
Mu rhythm
a. 12-14 Hz
b. 2-6 Hz
c. 15-16 Hz
d. 8-10 Hz - 8-10 Hz
Which of the following is considered abnormal?
a. 6 Hz spike
b. Wicket spikes
c. small sharp spikes (SSS)
d. spikes - spikes
Benign Epileptiform Transients of Sleep
a. stage IV sleep
b. common in infancy
c. midline occipital
d. peak at 30-60 years - peak at 30-60 years
What EEG pattern is seen in this image?
a burst suppression
b. postictal state
c. hypsarrhythmia with electrodecremental period
d. GPEDS - burst suppression
Which is most important when evaluating background frequency?
a. wakefulness and age
b. quality of sleep and HV effort
c. medications and allergies
d. photic stimulation and stimulating frequencies - wakefulness and age
Which of the following best describes secondary bilateral synchrony?
a. generates simultaneous generalized discharges
b. produces 3 Hz spike and wave discharges
c. originates from both temporal lobes at the same time
