London Health Sciences Centre is welcoming the addition of new electroencephalogram (EEG) machines to its epilepsy monitoring unit, which it says has helped advance research and diagnosis of the neurological disorder.
LHSC says the 13 state-of-the-art portable EEG machines have increased the amount of data collected from patients in the unit, and provides faster reporting and better, high-quality images, officials said in a media release.
The new EEG machines, which measure electrical activity in the brain using electrodes on the patient’s scalp, allows data to be collected wherever the patient may be within the hospital, resulting in more consistent data, according to LHSC.
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