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French term
figures physiologiques
French to English
Medical
Medical: Instruments
EEG
Hello,
This is a recurrent expression from an EEG report concerning a young patient with severe epilepsy/encephalopathy:
Absence de ***figures physiologiques*** dans la veille et le sommeil.
Dans le sommeil, les ***figures physiologiques*** ne sont pas identifiables.
Is this simply referring to physiological activity as shown on the recording, or is there more to it?
Thank you in advance!!
This is a recurrent expression from an EEG report concerning a young patient with severe epilepsy/encephalopathy:
Absence de ***figures physiologiques*** dans la veille et le sommeil.
Dans le sommeil, les ***figures physiologiques*** ne sont pas identifiables.
Is this simply referring to physiological activity as shown on the recording, or is there more to it?
Thank you in advance!!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Physiological activity |
Drmanu49
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References
| artifacts/artefacts??? |
liz askew
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Proposed translations
3 mins
Physiological activity
6. Physiological Activity and Artefacts in the Human Epileptic ...
https://academic.oup.com › book › chapter
24
Abstract'Physiological activity and artefacts in the human epileptic brain studied with intracerebral depth EEG electrodes' reviews (i) the various ...
https://academic.oup.com › book › chapter
24
Abstract'Physiological activity and artefacts in the human epileptic brain studied with intracerebral depth EEG electrodes' reviews (i) the various ...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Anastasia Kalantzi
29 mins
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Thank you.
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| disagree |
Daryo
: something that is implied is missing - if there is literally "no physiological activity" it can only mean a dead patient.
1 day 14 hrs
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Reference comments
9 mins
Reference:
artifacts/artefacts???
Automatic Removal of Physiological Artifacts in EEG - Frontiers
https://www.frontiersin.org › fnhum.2018.00096 › full
by DB Stone · 2018 · Cited by 30 — Data contamination due to physiological artifacts such as those generated by eyeblinks, eye movements, and muscle activity continues to be a ...
Missing: wake | Must include: wake
Handbook of EEG Interpretation
https://www.brainm.com › software › pubs › brain
PDF
Various generators of nonphysiological and physiological artifacts may deceive the ... of the waking tracing within the 14- to 16-Hz bandwidth. Beta activ-.
Original article Benign EEG variants in the sleep–wake cycle
https://www.sciencedirect.com › science › article › pii
by G Macorig · 2021 · Cited by 2 — The prevalence of BEVs is not well known. Some are considered rare, but only waking EEGs, or EEGs with a short period of sleep, have been studied.
WS1.2. Normal EEG: Awake (Children and Adults), Including ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com › science › article › pii
by CT Tan · 2021 — The normal EEG pattern in adult and children during awake tracing, and
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Demystifying signal processing techniques to extract resting
https://journals.sagepub.com › pdf › BSA.2020.9050019
by Z Li · 2020 · Cited by 18 — resting-state EEG data analysis. 2 EEG Preprocessing. Raw EEG data are a mixture of neuronal activity, physiological artifacts, and non-physiological.
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Note added at 13 mins (2022-11-03 14:27:16 GMT)
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or
characteristics
https://www.frontiersin.org › fnhum.2018.00096 › full
by DB Stone · 2018 · Cited by 30 — Data contamination due to physiological artifacts such as those generated by eyeblinks, eye movements, and muscle activity continues to be a ...
Missing: wake | Must include: wake
Handbook of EEG Interpretation
https://www.brainm.com › software › pubs › brain
Various generators of nonphysiological and physiological artifacts may deceive the ... of the waking tracing within the 14- to 16-Hz bandwidth. Beta activ-.
Original article Benign EEG variants in the sleep–wake cycle
https://www.sciencedirect.com › science › article › pii
by G Macorig · 2021 · Cited by 2 — The prevalence of BEVs is not well known. Some are considered rare, but only waking EEGs, or EEGs with a short period of sleep, have been studied.
WS1.2. Normal EEG: Awake (Children and Adults), Including ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com › science › article › pii
by CT Tan · 2021 — The normal EEG pattern in adult and children during awake tracing, and
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Note added at 10 mins (2022-11-03 14:24:17 GMT)
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Demystifying signal processing techniques to extract resting
https://journals.sagepub.com › pdf › BSA.2020.9050019
by Z Li · 2020 · Cited by 18 — resting-state EEG data analysis. 2 EEG Preprocessing. Raw EEG data are a mixture of neuronal activity, physiological artifacts, and non-physiological.
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Note added at 13 mins (2022-11-03 14:27:16 GMT)
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or
characteristics
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
Anastasia Kalantzi
: https://www.e-acn.org/journal/view.php?number=177
40 mins
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Discussion
Literally "no physiological activity" can only mean a most literally dead patient.
So what they are looking for must be some specific "figures physiologiques" that would be the characteristic signs of whatever they want to test the patient for.
As a parallel, in the context of looking for some specific type of body movement you would say "no movement" only if THAT type of movement is not detected.
Another clue: "les ..." implying "previously mentioned / defined" (as opposed to "des ...")
My guess would be that "les figures physiologiques" they are looking for are signs of / related to epilepsy and/or encephalopathy, not just any "figures physiologiques" that could happen to manifest themselves.