Automated polysomnographic assessment for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder

Inventors

Joseph W. Burns, Michigan Tech Research InstituteFollow
Ronald D. Chervin

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Abstract

Methods and systems for diagnosing or assessing rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD). Muscle tone or activity variance during rapid eye movement (REM) and nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep intervals of a polysom- nogram are compared. A threshold based on the NREM data is used to identify a subj ect-specific threshold for abnormality in the REM variance. A metric that includes the percentage of REM variance exceeding the threshold relates to RBD.

Patent Number

US 7,996,076 B2

Assignee

The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US)

Assignee

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (US)

Application Number

12/080,440

Date Filed

4-2-2008

Certificate of Correction

Yes

Issue Date

8-9-2011

Disciplines

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering | Engineering | Vision Science

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Recommended Citation

Burns, Joseph W. and Chervin, Ronald D., "Automated polysomnographic assessment for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder" (2011). Michigan Tech Patents. 3.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/patents/3