Sleep Bouts

Description

This tool detects and reports continuous periods of sleep stages.

This tool detects three types of sleep bouts:

  1. Continuous period of N2 and N3 stages

  2. Continuous period of N2, N3 and REM stages

  3. Continuous period of REM stage

Steps

1 - Input Files

Start by opening your PSG files (.edf, .eeg or .sts).

  • The .tsv file is also needed for the EDF format.

  • The .sig file is also needed for Stellate format.

  • The whole NATUS subject folder is also needed for the .eeg format.

2 - Output Files

The output is a CSV (Comma separated Values) file. A new row is added for every file analyzed.

The columns of the file are as follows:

  • The name of the PSG file

  • The ten longest sleep bouts of type 1

  • The mean value of all sleep bouts of type 1

  • The standard deviation value of all sleep bouts of type 1

Repeat for type 2 and 3.