This invention relates to methods and apparatus for automatically predicting epileptic seizures and to monitor and analyze brain wave (EEG or MEG) signals. Steps include acquiring the brain wave data from the patient (11); digitizing the data; obtaining nonlinear measures of the data via chaotic time series analysis tools; obtaining time serial trends in the nonlinear measures; comparing the trends to known seizure predictors; and providing notification that a seizure is forthcoming.
EPILEPTIC SEIZURE PREDICTION BY NONLINEAR METHODS