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. 2017 Jul 26;2017:229–238.
Attribute 1: Morphology ::= represents the type or “form” of EEG waves.
  • Rhythm: continuous, rhythmic activity

  • Transient
    • Single Wave:
      • V wave
      • Wicket spikes
      • Spike
      • Sharp wave
      • Slow wave
    • Complex: A sequence of two or more waves having a characteristic form or recurring with a fairly consistent form, distinguished from background activity.
      • K-complex
      • Sleep spindles
      • Spike-and-sharp-wave complex
      • Spike-and-slow-wave complex
      • Sharp-and-slow-wave complex
      • Triphasic wave
      • Polyspike complex
      • Polyspike-and-slow-wave complex
    • Pattern: any characteristic EEG Activity
      • Suppression
      • Amplitude Gradient
      • Slowing
      • Breach Rhythm
      • Benign Epileptic Transients of Sleep (BETS)
      • Photic driving (response)
      • Periodic Laterilized Epilepitiform Discharges (PLEDs)
      • Generalized periodic epileptiform discharges (GPEDs)
      • Epileptiform discharge (unspecified)
      • Disorganization
      • Positive occipital sharp transients of sleep (POSTS)
      • Unspecified: the default attribute value, used if no morphological information is given at all