Methods and apparatus for automatically detecting epileptic seizures by monitoring and analyzing brain wave (EEG or MEG) signals of a patient (11) using EEG electrodes (13). Steps include: acquiring the brain wave data from the patient; digitizing the data; obtaining nonlinear measures (15) of the data via chaotic time series analysis; obtaining time serial trends in the nonlinear measures; determining that one or more trends in the nonlinear measures indicate a seizure, and providing notification of seizure occurrence.
EPILEPTIC SEIZURE DETECTION BY NONLINEAR METHODS