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J. Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2009, 2, 9-15 9 Assessment of depth of anesthesia using principal component analysis Mina Taheri1 2 3 4 , Behzad Ahmadi , Rassoul Amirfattahi and Mojtaba Mansouri 1,2,3Digital Signal Processing Research Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran 1,2,3,4Medical Image and Signal Processing Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Correspondence should be addressed to Mina Taheri (mh.taheri@ec.iut.ac.ir) Received June 9th, 2008; revised October 12th, 2008; accepted November 13th, 2008 ABSTRACT body temperature, tearing, sweating and heart rate [1], even though these signals are affected indirectly by an- A new approach to estimating level of uncon- esthetic agents. On the other hand, these agents have sciousness based on Principal Component significant effects on the electroencephalogram (EEG) Analysis (PCA) is proposed. The Electroen- waveform. cephalogram (EEG) data was captured in both A large amount of information can be extracted from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and operating room, EEG waveform based on different signal processing using different anesthetic drugs. Assuming the methods. Ability of this infor