Automatic detection and analysis of the EEG sharp wave–slow wave patterns evoked by fluorinated inhalation anesthetics

highlights � Epileptiform patterns that possess both ‘‘Sharp Wave’’ and ‘‘Slow Wave’’ components (SWSW patterns) appear during volatile anesthesia in anesthetic concentration- and anesthetic type-dependent way. � The novelty of the proposed method of automatic detection of epileptiform patterns during anesthesia consists in the analysis of morphology of individual SWSW patterns and not, as it was the case so far, on the quantification of 5s EEG segments containing monophasic activity and/or spikes. � The on-line analysis of SWSW patterns’ rate and morphology offered by the proposed method is important in view of possible side effects of volatile anesthetics.