Full Form Of EEG

What is the full form of EEG?

EEG stands for Electroencephalogram. It helps evaluate the electrical behaviour of the brain. Neurons interact with one another through electrical impulses. In EEG, a brain wave metric detects and records brain wave patterns of the brain’s electrical impulses.

• Electrodes, tiny metal discs with a fine wire arrive with the system that performs this test.
• Electrodes mounted on a scalp pass signals to the computer that tracks the result.
• For familiar brain activity, it produces a standard/identifiable pattern and for any abnormal brain activity, the pattern is unrecognizable or different.

Working principle of EEG

• Safe and pain-free procedure.
• Electrodes mounted on the scalp collect the brain’s electrical activity from neurons and transfers it to a system that displays it as a series of lines registered/shown on a monitor.
• Electrodes are taken off by the technician after getting results.
• A neurologist studies your brain wave sequence recordings.

Why take an EEG test?

This Test is useful for:

• Diagnosing and tracking seizure diseases.
• Detecting sleep disorders & epilepsy.
• Detecting behavioral changes issues.
• Determining brain activity after a major head injury or before a liver or heart transplant.