The electroencephalogram (EEG) is an essential tool in the diagnosis of neurologic disorders. Now in its Second Edition, Atlas of EEG Patterns has been fully revised and updated to include an even broader array of both typical and atypical EEG pattern samples to help you recognize telltale abnormalities. With this resource, trainees will learn from actual tracings how best to identify an abnormal EEG result, and what clinical condition that result suggests. Experienced neurologists will also find the book useful as a quick consult or when trying to distinguish an abnormal result from a technical problem or visual artifact. The Second Edition features a new and simple digital application that enables a user to classify an EEG pattern and to see a relevant example. An extensive table guides readers from easily recognized EEG features to samples of representative tracings. Hundreds of EEG tracings from an established EEG laboratory let readers sharpen interpretive skills using real-world examples. NEW in the Second Edition… • A simple digital application enables a user to classify an EEG pattern and to see a relevant example. • An extensive table guides readers from easily recognized EEG features to samples of representative tracings. • Hundreds of EEG tracings from an established EEG laboratory let readers sharpen interpretive skills using real-world examples. Be sure your EEG interpretation skills are at their best… Pick up your copy today!



NEW in the Second Edition…

• A simple digital application enables a user to classify an EEG pattern and to see a relevant example.

• An extensive table guides readers from easily recognized EEG features to samples of representative tracings.

• Hundreds of EEG tracings from an established EEG laboratory let readers sharpen interpretive skills using real-world examples

Section I Introduction

1 Introduction to EEG Interpretation



Section II Categorization by Pattern Features

2 Pattern Categorization by EEG Features



Section III Patterns

3 Alpha Activity

4 Artifacts

5 Benign Epileptiform Transients of Sleep

6 Beta Activity

7 Breach Effect

8 Burst-Suppression Pattern

9 Cone Waves

10 Delta Activity

11 Fourteen and Six Per Second Positive Bursts

12 Hypersynchronous Slowing

13 Ictal Epileptiform Patterns

14 Interictal Epileptiform Patterns

15 K-complexes

16 Lambda Waves

17 Low Voltage EEG and Electrocerebral Inactivity

18 Mittens

19 Occipital Spikes of Blindness

20 Paroxysmal Fast Activity

21 Periodic Epileptiform Discharges

22 Phantom Spike and Wave

23 Photic Stimulation Responses

24 Positive Occipital Sharp Transients of Sleep

25 Posterior Slow Waves of Youth

26 Saw-Tooth Waves of REM Sleep

27 Sleep Spindles

28. Subclinical Rhythmic Electrographic Discharge of Adults

29 Theta Activity

30 Triphasic Pattern

31 Vertex Sharp Transients



Index