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QEEG using the
Discovery 24E
and NeuroGuide (Live Z Score Reviewed)
 
 
With Robert Thatcher, Tom Collura, Mark Smith,
Dick Genardi and Bill Mrklas
August 12 -15, 2010
Cost: $695.00
-- NEW HOTEL! --
Skyline Hotel & Conference Ctr
5300 Rockside Road
Independence, Ohio
(216)524-0700
See below for details.
CE's are not available for this workshop
This workshop is designed for clinicians, researchers, and QEEG
professionals who are or will be using QEEG for assessment, neurofeedback
planning, and related uses. Workshop attendees will learn how to set
up and record EEG’s, assess the quality of the results, read the
records into analytic software including NeuroGuide, EDFBrowser, to review
EEG and to create and interpret reports. This workshop will also be
of value to those using the MINI-Q™ for assessments and training using NeuroGuide.
Achieving valid maps requires the ability to review raw tracings critically and better understand what is seen. The purpose of this workshop includes ensuring that users understand the process of recording, reviewing and processing EEG to get valid reports. Learn how to re-montage tracings in order to isolate and identify key features. Automatic artifact detection is a mainstay of QEEG but only in the hands of an informed and experienced user. Become an experienced user.
Learn how to recognize artifact visually, in addition to using the automated procedures.
Distinguishing eye blinks from FIRDA
Distinguish true localized high beta from EMG artifact
Is the EEG feature artifact or brain related?
Learn how to better recognize changes in state of consciousness
Identify what is being seen in the raw EEG
How does this information translate into maps? And more!
Level: Beginner – Intermediate –
Advanced - An extra day, thursday, and special evening sessions (friday and saturday) will be provided for
beginners and for advanced topics.
Workshop will cover the following topics:
Basics of EEG setup and recording
Inspecting raw EEG
Importing EEG into NeuroGuide
Using NeuroGuide to generate reports
Reading and interpreting EEG and QEEG
Applications in neurofeedback
Participants will experience hands-on recording and analysis of EEG and QEEG
data using BrainMaster Discovery 24E hardware and software.
Presenters will demonstrate how to evaluate and select sensors and
electrode caps, achieve quality recordings, recognize and remove artifacts,
and interpret EEG results. Common causes of noise and artifact
including muscle, eye, outside interference, EKG, and other sources will be
described.
Workshop time will be reserved for hands-on work by participants who
will record and interpret EEG and QEEG data from class participants and
volunteers. NeuroGuide will be the primary software used to create
analyses and reports. WinEEG, SKIL, EEGLab, and other platforms may be discussed.
A portion of the workshop will be used to demonstrate neurofeedback
training using the Discovery 24E and BrainMaster software, as well as
NeuroGuide Live software. This will include both 4-channel and
19-channel Z Score training, using both types of software.
Participants are invited to bring in recordings as EDF+ files produced
by BrainMaster software, or as NeuroGuide files.
Presenters:
Robert Thatcher, Ph.D.
Thomas F. Collura, Ph.D. QEEGT
Mark Smith, MSW
Dick A. Genardi, Ph.D.
Bill Mrklas
Course Schedule
QEEG using the Discovery 24E and NeuroGuide
Day 1A – Thursday 9AM – 5 PM
Pre-workshop (Bill Mrklas)
Discovery installation review
Walking thru basics using general acquisition and Discovery 1.3
Review built in acquisition files
Introduction of EDF Browser
Simulated QEEG review
Use of Session Librarian
Set up folders
Choose settings file
Emailing data Electro Cap placement demonstration/group practice
Q&A
Day 1 - Friday 9AM – 5 PM
Basics of EEG acquisition (Mark Smith, Tom Collura)
Break
Basics of EEG import and analysis (Mark Smith, Tom Collura)
12:30-1:30: Lunch
Practicum with break - Recording and Analysis of EEG
(All)
5-7PM: Dinner
Evening 7-9PM: OPTIONAL -- Introduction / review of BrainMaster Discovery/Atlantis EEG Training (Mark
Smith, Tom Collura)
Day 2 - Saturday 9AM – 5 PM
Brain Homeostasis and EEG (Bob Thatcher)
Break
Basic use of NeuroGuide to analyze EEG and QEEG (Bob Thatcher,
Mark Smith)
12:30-1:30: Lunch
Hands-on Practicum of QEEG acquisition and analysis/reporting
(Bob Thatcher, Mark Smith)
Break
Review of submitted recordings (Bob Thatcher, Mark Smith, Tom
Collura)
NeuroGuide EEG Training (Mark Smith, Bob Thatcher)
5-7PM: Dinner
Evening 7-9PM: OPTIONAL -- Introduction / Review / Practicum: Mixed (Z-Score and traditional) protocols, DC,
Slow Cortical Potentials, and Peripheral Biofeedback with Discovery and
Atlantis. Additional Discovery features.
Day 3 - Sunday
9AM – 4:30PM
Hands-on Practicum ( Dick A. Genardi)
Goal for this session is to provide the participant with the support needed to feel confident in using the information gained from Mini-Q, Discovery qEEG reports generated via Neuroguide, and JTFA generated Z score progress summary available in session reviews of Atlantis Z score training sessions. The participant will be able to use the provided materials as cognitive maps for organizing and analyzing the data which the Z-score model provides. Trust in the reliability and validity of these Z scores rests on the neurometric rigor of the Neuroguide database (FDA 510k compliant).
- Review associations of Brodmann areas (BA) with 10-20 electrode sites and Loreta Regions of Interest.
- Review handout materials mapping localization of function with 10-20 sites.
- Review handout materials on functional networks, or BA groupings or clusters. Two strategies for synthesizing the grouping of areas by function are offered. One by Dr. Tom Collura originally used in the design of the Mini-Q and NF using the Mini-Q box for rapid electrode site selections. The other strategy is known as Hub analysis, two prominent models by P. Hagmann ( 6 hubs) and Y. He (5 hubs) repectively.
- Access and become familiar with on-line brain atlas sites. Learn to access databases on brain-behavior relationships.
12:30-1:30: Lunch
- Review standard frequency bands, their neural generators, and their function in neural networks.
- Learn about basic phase relationships in neural information processing.
- Learn how amplitude, coherence and phase Z score measures aid clinical decisions when designing treatment protocols.
- Learn to use Neuroguide & Loreta for generating convergent data in mapping of patient complaints to location.
4:30 End
FACULTY:
Robert W. Thatcher, Ph.D. received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Oregon and a Ph.D. degree in Psychology/Biopsychology from the University of Waterloo before completing postdoctoral fellowships in Neurobiology and Neurophysiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New York Medical College. In 1973 Dr. Thatcher was appointed as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York Medical College and in 1977 as an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. In 1979 Dr. Thatcher was appointed as a professor of Psychiatry and Director of the QEEG service at Shock Trauma, University of Maryland before joining the National Institutes of Health in 1991 as the Program Manager for the integration of 128 channel EEG with MRI, PET and SPECT. Dr. Thatcher was the director of the NeuroImaging Laboratory at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL from 1993 to May 2006 and he is currently the director of Neuroimaging at the Applied Neuroscience Research Institute in Bay Pines, Florida. Dr. Thatcher is an adjunct professor of Neurology in the Department of Neurology at the University of South Florida. As the principal investigator for the Department of Defense Head Injury Program (DVHIP) Dr. Thatcher over saw the collection and analysis of quantitative EEG from over 1,500 head injured patients which also involved the integration of EEG with MRI. Dr. Thatcher currently serves on the National Institutes of Health Scientific Advisory Committee for the NIH Human Brain Map Project and he sits on the boards of the American Board of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology and the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society. Dr. Thatcher is certified as an expert in both conventional electroencephalography and quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG). Dr. Thatcher is the author of six books and over 200 publications.
Tom Collura, Ph.D., P.E
Thomas F. Collura has over 30 years experience as a biomedical engineer, neurophysiologist, and educator. Since 1995, he has been founder and president of BrainMaster Technologies, Inc. He has published peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, abstracts, and papers. He has 6 patents and 3 patents pending, all in the areas of neurofeedback, electrode technology, and evoked potential methods and systems. He is president President of ISNR (International Society for Neuronal Regulation), and was president-elect of the Neurofeedback Division of the Association for AAPB (Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback).
Dick A. Genardi, PhD
NeuroBehavioralHealth Psychologist
Michael T. Farrell Ph.D. & Associates
Education
- Loyola University, B.Sc., 1966; Biology and Psychology- Major, Philosophy -Minor
- University of Oregon, M.A., 1970; SPE D- Behavioral Disorders
- University of Oregon, Ph.D., 1974; Behavioral Psychology
Licensure
- Psychologist, Ohio #2964; 1980 & ff
- Consulting Psychologist, Minnesota #C615; 1978-1988
Work Highlights
- Research Associate, University of Oregon, Special Education Resource Center
- Title VI-B Grant writer and program director; Title III demonstration grant statistical evaluator
- Consultant, Micronesian Trust Territory of the Pacific, Ministries of Medicine and Education
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Private practice in behavioral medicine and health psychology; 1978 and following
- Founder and clinical director, St. Elizabeth Medical Center Regional Chronic Pain Program (Dayton, Ohio)
- Founder and clinical director, Dartmouth Hospital, Center for Anxiety Disorders (Dayton, Ohio)
- VP of Academic Affairs, The Union Institute and University (Cincinnati Ohio)
- Clinical Director, Integrated Youth Services Mental Health Center (Greene County, Ohio)
Bill Mrklas
Vice President of Operations, BrainMaster Technologies Inc. Chief technical support manager.
Bill has been a championship motorcycle racer and peak performer. He has operated his own business and studied business at the University of Akron. He is currently studying medical massage toward state licensure as a therapist.
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Phone: 216-524-0700
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