Title :
The SIESTA project polygraphic and clinical database
Author :
Klosh, G. ; Kemp, B. ; Penzel, T. ; Schlögl, A. ; Rappelsberger, P. ; Trenker, E. ; Gruber, G. ; Zeithofer, J. ; Saletu, B. ; Herrmann, W.M. ; Himanen, S.L. ; Kunz, D. ; Barbanoj, M.J. ; Röschke, J. ; Värri, A. ; Dorffner, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Neurol., Wien Univ., Austria
Abstract :
The SIESTA project had two major goals: developing new tools for analyzing computer-based sleep recordings and creating a reference database for sleep-related features. Basically, both goals have been reached, although validation and fine tuning of the sleep analyzer is still on-going. Investigations on the Web interface will be finished soon and a documentation of the database (including a CD-ROM with all test forms and all clinical, psychometric and actigraphic data as well as all R&K-scorings) will be published. Besides its scientific impact, the SIESTA project also emphasizes two other important aspects: the need of national and international cooperation between different experts and disciplines and the importance of standardized methods in scientific and clinical research.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; database management systems; information resources; medical diagnostic computing; medical information systems; medical signal processing; online front-ends; patient monitoring; sleep; ECG; EDF format; EEG; EMG; EOG; SIESTA project; Web interface; clinical database; computer-based sleep recordings; human sleep; international cooperation; objective measurements; polygraphic database; reference database; sleep-related features; standardized methods; subjective measurements; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Databases; Electroencephalography; Hospitals; Humans; Mood; Psychiatry; Psychology; Sleep; Databases, Factual; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Polysomnography; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
