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Research that helps us decide what to build, what to test and what remains uncertain about clinical EEG.
CRITICAL COMMENTARY · 3 MIN READ
Why detection accuracy, false alerts and timely warnings need to be tested together—and what external validation should establish for Sentinel.
Published 20 October 2026. A concise interpretation of selected research, with linked sources.
Read the commentaryCRITICAL COMMENTARY · 3 MIN READ
What published studies tell us about electrode design, fitting practice and the evidence Sentinel still needs.
Published 19 October 2026. A concise interpretation of selected research, with linked sources.
Read the commentaryDESIGN NOTE
Published studies informing Sentinel’s proposed electrode housings, with their limitations and the questions our own hardware needs to answer.
Published 18 October 2026. Research-informed design reasoning; not a systematic review.
Read the design noteDRAFT REVIEW PLAN · VERSION 0.1
A proposed systematic review of human comparative studies: recording quality, fitting burden, comfort and the relevance of the evidence to prolonged clinical monitoring.
Prepared 19 October 2026. Not registered, peer reviewed or completed. Meta-analysis is conditional on comparable data.
Read the proposed methodsThese are candidate systematic-review questions. A formal search of databases and protocol registries is needed before making a novelty claim or committing to a review.
In externally evaluated scalp-EEG seizure detectors, how do false alerts per recording hour relate to seizure sensitivity and alert delay?
Our EEG AI commentary examines selected evidence. A formal review would separate patient- and event-level results, identify reused datasets and distinguish continuous clinical recordings from selected clips.
Which attachment and skin-care approaches preserve recording continuity while reducing electrode-related skin injury and discomfort?
Compare monitoring duration, scalp location and injury definitions. Ambulatory, ICU, adult and paediatric evidence would need separate interpretation. An ambulatory EEG trial provides one starting point, not an answer for ICU care.
Broad reviews of rapid and reduced-montage EEG already exist. Lin et al. (2025) examined reduced-montage seizure detection; Wang et al. (2025) examined point-of-care EEG accuracy and clinical impact. An additional review needs a distinct question or a justified update.
Our initial literature scan is exploratory. It does not establish that a proposed topic is new, that all relevant studies have been found, or that enough studies can be combined.
We intend to publish protocols, search methods, study-selection decisions, extraction tables, analysis code and limitations alongside completed reviews, where permissions allow. PRISMA supports transparent reporting; using its checklist does not by itself establish review quality or peer review.
A review of other devices can inform Sentinel’s design and evaluation plan. Clinical performance claims for Sentinel require evidence from Sentinel itself.
The proposed review needs clinical neurophysiology, EEG technology, evidence-synthesis and statistical input, alongside people with experience of EEG fitting across hair textures. Contributors and responsibilities have not yet been confirmed.
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