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TimeFrequency Analysis of EEG Signals Gert Van Ho ey Wilfried Philips Ignace Lemahieu University of Ghent ELIS Department University Hospital Ghent Department of Neurology SintPietersnieuwstraat B Ghent Belgium tel fax gertvanhoeyrug ac be A bstract In the electro encephalogram EEG I I Timefrequency analysis measured as p otential dierences on the human A time function s t and its sp ectrum S f are related head variations of the amplitude and frequency of rhytmical activity are representative of certain by the Fourier transform neurological disorders Therefore timefrequency Z j f t analysis of the EEG can add valuable information s t S f e df to the traditional visual interpretation by provid ing an image of the sp ectral EEG contents varying S f Z s t e j f t dt with time In this pap er dierent timefrequency distributions are compared with each other with resp ect to their time and frequency resolution and These formulas conrm that s t is completely de the extent of the crossterms they present Several termined by S f and vice versa Although b oth examples are given to illustrate the usefulness of functions contain the same information s t is more timefrequency analysis in electro encephalography suitable for extracting temp oral information from it S f gives a representation o