Analysis of electroencephalograms in Alzheimer's disease patients with multiscale entropy

• Published in: Physiological measurement Vol. 27; no. 11; pp. 1091 - 1106
• Main Authors: Escudero, J, Abásolo, D, Hornero, R, Espino, P, López, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 01.11.2006
• Subjects: Aged; Alzheimer Disease - pathology; Case-Control Studies; Electroencephalography - instrumentation; Entropy; Female; Humans; Male; ROC Curve; Time Factors

The aim of this study was to analyse the electroencephalogram (EEG) background activity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients using multiscale entropy (MSE). MSE is a recently developed method that quantifies the regularity of a signal on different time scales. These time scales are inspected by...