From Startup to International Company

EGI is celebrating 20 years since our founding in May 1992. We’ve come a long way in 20 years. When EGI first started, 64 channels was considered extremely dense array EEG. Now, 128- to 256-channel EEG is routine for researchers and clinicians on the cutting edge of brain research, neurology, and neurosurgery.

The original Geodesic Sensor Nets were such a novel idea, that they looked like something out of a science fiction movie and were sewn together with needle and thread. Now, they are manufactured using state-of-the-art technology and represent the easiest to use and most comfortable electrode placement system on the market. Similarly, EGI's amplifiers and software have improved dramatically, and now support multimodal imaging, source estimation, and more. Complete EEG systems are now available for both research and clinical use.

Read more about EGI's:

• advanced HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Nets
• Net Amps 300 amplifier for dense array EEG and multimodal imaging
• innovative software, including source estimation modules

In this Issue:

EGI Celebrates 20 Years
• From Startup to International Company

dEEG in the Literature
• Report on dEEG for Epilepsy Surgery
• 1,000 Customer Publications

Product News
• New Sensor Nets Better Than Ever

dEEG at Scientific Conferences
• dEEG Symposium at ECE
• EEG Symposium at JES

Education
• CME Course for dEEG

Best Practices
• AAN Guidelines on Billing Code 95957

Where to See EGI
• Conferences

Company News
• EGI Moves to New Location
• EGI Passes Annual Audits
• New Distributors
• Featured Job Openings

Report on dEEG for Epilepsy Surgery

New publication compares dEEG and intracranial EEG

Dr. Yamazaki and colleagues, from Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, have published an important study evaluating the clinical utility of scalp dense array EEG (dEEG) for use in epilepsy presurgical planning. This is the first study to compare dEEG directly with simultaneous intracranial EEG (icEEG), considered the most accurate method of confirming the seizure onset zone in the brain.

Epilepsy patients with disabling seizures that cannot be controlled by drugs are candidates for a surgery that removes the part of the brain responsible for the seizures. Typically, scalp EEG is used to localize the area of the seizure onset. To validate that the location is correct, intracranial electrodes are then placed directly on that area of the brain for an intracranial EEG (icEEG). Incorrect placement of the intracranial electrodes would result in subsequent surgeries to move the electrodes, so it is vital that the scalp EEG provide the most accurate localization of the seizure source possible. Advances in dense array EEG and source estimation algorithms hold the promise for providing much better localization of the seizure onset zone compared to conventional EEG.

The authors conclude that 256-channel dEEG represents a significant improvement over conventional EEG in guiding placement of icEEG electrodes. Thus, use of high-channel scalp dEEG may be clinically useful for presurgical planning.

Read more about this study.

View the abstract and citation on PubMed.
Download the full article from Epilepsy Research.

More information on EGI's dense array EEG in neuroimaging and presurgical planning.

dEEG CME Course for Clinical Applications

Interpretation and Clinical Applications of Dense Array EEG: A Practical Workshop

26–27 October 2012
Village of Dexter, Michigan, USA

Learning Objectives
As a result of workshop attendance, participants will gain practical knowledge and skills for reading, interpreting, and reporting dEEG studies and creating a dEEG clinical service.

Topics will include

• the basic science of dEEG
• concepts of dipole modeling and source localization
• introduction to Net Station software clinical applications of dEEG in office-based and hospital settings
• hands-on sessions for reading dEEG compared to conventional EEG
• common pitfalls, generating useful reports, and case studies

More information, including CME accreditation information.

Register online.

Advanced EEG Symposium

Clinical Applications of Advanced EEG — Developments in EEG/fMRI and High Resolution EEG of Epilepsy

European Congress on Epilepsy
London
ICC London ExCel, Hall C
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
8 am – 9 am

Aim of the Symposium
The symposium will cover recent work applying dense array EEG (dEEG) and EEG/fMRI to epilepsy diagnosis and the localization of the epileptic foci. The focus of the session will be practical in nature, focusing on the clinical implications of recent work, rather than on theoretical concepts. All talks will focus on work done with epileptic patients.

Dr. Serge Vuilliemoz
University Hospital of Geneva
Functional Imaging of Epileptic Networks

Dr.Gabriel Möddel
University of Bonn, Germany
EEG Source Localization Using Dense Array Recordings — First Experiences at the Bonn Epilepsy Center

Dr. Michael Siniatchikin
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
What Does EEG Tell Us About Epileptic Networks that fMRI Cannot Say — and Vice Versa?

A light buffet breakfast will be served.

Register online.

JES dEEG Symposium

Epilepsy and Wide-band Dense Array EEG

Satellite Symposium Sponsored by EGI and Miyuki Giken
Congress of Japan Epilepsy Society
Toshi Center Hotel, Cosmos
Tokyo, Japan
12 October 2012
17:15 – 19:15

Speakers:
Akio Ikeda
Department of Neurology, Kyoto University

Kiyohito Terada
National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders

Hiroshi Otsubo
Department of Neurophysiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Don Tucker
CEO, Electrical Geodesics

Takamichi Yamamoto
Epilepsy Center, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital

New Sensor Nets Better Than Ever

Available for routine, LTM, and MR environments
In July 2011, EGI launched a new Net design, the HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net (HCGSN) 130. This new design provides the same sensor layout and electrode performance as the earlier HCGSN 120, but has improved mechanical strength, with special attention to the wire-electrode interface. Customers find the new design faster to use, with less worry about wire breakage while applying the Net. The new Net design is available for order in all sizes and channel counts.

In May 2012, we launched the HCGSN 220 MR, extending the new design to Nets for the MR environment. The HCGSN 220 MR have an equivalent sensor layout and electrode performance as the previous HCGSN 210 MR products, but the same, more robust mechanical design as the HCGSN 130. All customers ordering new MR Nets will receive the new HCGSN 220 MR product with new product numbers.

Read more about our products for MR environments.

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AAN Guidelines for Billing Code 95957

The American Academy of Neurology provides guidelines on billing for EEG in the United States. For instance, the digital EEG code 95957 offers additional options for practitioners. The AAN guidelines will help you to determine if this billing code is right for your practice.

For more details, see the AAN's Coding FAQ page.

1,000 Customer Publications

20 years of cutting edge neuroscience research
The importance of EGI’s platform is reflected in the number of research papers published using this next generation EEG technology — 1,000 papers at our last count. Across the growing field of human brain science — from development, sleep, hearing, motivation, decision-making, emotional regulation, learning, and attention, to clinically important studies in autism, coma, mental illness, and epilepsy — dense array EEG from EGI is at the forefront of research.

Browse the impressive list of publications that use EGI’s dense array EEG. | Download the full publication list.

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Conferences

Please visit us at our booth. We would love to talk with you about your work.

August 2–4, American Society of Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists (ASET), St. Paul, Minnesota

August 26–30, 18th International Conference on Biomagnetism (BIOMAG, Paris, France - booth 3

September 4–8, Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Paris, France - booth 201

September 8–11, European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS), Stockholm, Sweden - booth 17

September 30–October 4, European Congress on Epileptology (ECE), London, UK - booth 70

October 11–13, Japan Epilepsy Society (JES), Tokyo, Japan

EGI Moves to New Location

To accommodate our growing company, we have just completed a move to a larger space. EGI is now better positioned for more efficiency, productivity, and growth moving into the future.

Our new address is:
Electrical Geodesics, Inc.
1600 Millrace Drive
Suite 200
Eugene, OR 97403
USA

Our factory address on Chad Drive, phone numbers, fax, and e-mail remain the same.

EGI Passes Audits

EGI has successfully achieved continuing certification for ISO 13485:2010, the international quality standard for medical device manufacturers. In addition, EGI passed audits and received certificates under CMDCAS in Canada and for the European Medical Device Directive (MDD).

See our complete list of international certifications for EGI and its products.

New Distributors

Saudi Arabia: Techno Orbits Medical

Find out where EGI distributors are in your part of the world.

Featured Job Openings

EGI is an exciting company, always on the cutting edge in developing innovative tools for brain research. See if one of our opportunities is right for you.

Featured opportunities:
Support Engineer I
Software Engineer

Read more about EGI's job openings.

Contact Us

1600 Millrace Drive, Suite 200 | Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: 541 687 7962 | Fax: 541 687 7963
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