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• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted/ methods

Your search returns 4 documents

• 1.   A fuzzy logic based apnoea monitor for SIDS risk infants

  This article discusses a fuzzy logic based apnoea monitor for sudden infant death syndrome risk infants which greatly improves the reliability and usefulness of monitoring

  

  Abstract:

  A unit has been designed which monitors newborn infants at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in a home environment. The unit monitors respiration, electrocardiogram (ECG) and haemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO2) in combination, in order to detect any potentially life threatening event at an early stage. Provision is made for the generation of both audible and silent alarms and more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Med Eng Technol, Vol: 30 Page: 397-411 2006 Nov-Dec
  M. J. Burke; R. Downes

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• 2.   Combination of EEG and ECG for improved automatic neonatal seizure detection

  This study aimed to describe a combination of an ECG-based classifier system with a novel multi-channel EEG-based classifier system to develop an improved neonatal seizure detection performance

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: Neonatal seizures are the most common central nervous system disorder in newborn infants. A system that could automatically detect the presence of seizures in neonates would be a significant advance facilitating timely medical intervention. METHODS: A novel method is proposed for the robust detection of neonatal seizures through the combination of simultaneously-recorded more...

  International Classification:

  Effectiveness of measurement tool - ECG-based classifier system, multi-channel EEG-based

  Categories:

  ECG-based classifier system; multi-channel EEG-based classifier; neonatal seizure

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Clin Neurophysiol, Vol: 118 Page: 1348-59 June 2007
  B. R. Greene; G. B. Boylan; R. B. Reilly; P. de Chazal; S. Connolly

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• 3.   Electrocardiogram based neonatal seizure detection

  The aim of this study was to examine a method for the detection of seizures in the newborn using the electrocardiogram signal

  

  Abstract:

  A method for the detection of seizures in the newborn using the electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is presented. Using a database of eight recordings, a method was developed for automatically annotating each 1-min epoch as "nonseizure" or "seizure". The system uses a linear discriminant classifier to process 41 heartbeat timing interval features. Performance assessment more...

  International Classification:

  Neonatal seizures

  Categories:

  seizures in the newborn

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, Vol: 54 Page: 673-82 April 2007
  B. R. Greene; P. de Chazal; G. B. Boylan; S. Connolly; R. B. Reilly

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• 4.   Gaussian process modeling of EEG for the detection of neonatal seizures

  This study aimed to describe the gaussian process modeling of EEG for the detection of neonatal seizures

  

  Abstract:

  Gaussian process (GP) probabilistic models have attractive advantages over parametric and neural network modeling approaches. They have a small number of tuneable parameters, can be trained on relatively small training sets, and provide a measure of prediction certainty. In this paper, these properties are exploited to develop two methods of highlighting the presence of neonatal more...

  International Classification:

  Effectiveness of measurement tool - gaussian process modeling of EEG for the detection of neonatal seizures

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, Vol: 54 Page: 2151-62 December 2007
  S. Faul; G. Gregorcic; G. Boylan; W. Marnane; G. Lightbody; S. Connolly

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