From: yaniv_vi_at_yahoo.com
Date: 2001-07-19 09:24:21
hi
just little question - what are the added benefits of qeeg ?
sincerly
yaniv
--- In buildcheapeeg_at_yahoogroups.com, peterson_at_d... wrote:
> A few thoughts on the issues addressed by the polls:
>
> Windows 9x is almost universally available and, if we are going to
> have just one choice of OS, this is the most obvious one. I say
> leave it to the Linux hackers to port their own software if they
> insist on running it on Linux.
>
> Choice of interface is really an engineering matter. We non-
engineers
> probably should not be given much weight on the issue. However, if
> RS-232 is adequate for our purposes, then it is also a very widely
> available choice. I like the idea of leaving the parallel port
open
> for a printer because I envision software that will permit printed
> reports of session data.
>
> Someday we may want to create a multi-channel QEEG-capable device.
> This will re-open the interface issue, and I assume that the two
> reasonable alternatives would by parallel and USB, if only because
of
> their wide availability. However, if the technology requires more
> bandwidth, then Firewire would be perfectly acceptable to me. I
> don't currently have a firewire port on any of my computers, but
you
> can believe I'd have one tomorrow if I had a 19-channel EEG machine
> to hook up to it. QEEG machines will always be a specialty item,
> mostly appealing to professionals. It would definitely require FDA
> certification. The ones currently on the market cost $6-7K, and if
> we could make one for $1k, it would be wonderful and open up QEEG
to
> a whole bunch of practitioners and small clinics that would like to
> have it but can't afford it. The cost of a Firewire card or
whatever
> would be insignificant in comparison to the cost of the machine.
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