Review Article

Systematic Review on Resting-State EEG for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Progression Assessment

Table 2

Extracted items from each article.

CategoryData itemDescription

Study rationaleStudy goalApplication or aim of the article
Other dementiasDifferential diagnosis of different types of dementias with respect to AD

Study populationSample sizeSize of the population in the study
Group matchingGroups matched (or not) by sample size, age, gender, and education level
Following of MCI participantsFollow-up of MCI participants, when required

Experiment setupOther modalitiesOther modalities utilized beside EEG
Number of electrodes and layoutElectrode number and positioning system
External channelsReport the acquisition (or not) of EOG and ECG signals
Resting-state recording stateEEG recorded only in resting state or with task performing too
Experiment durationSession duration of each experiment

EEG processingPreprocessingSurvey on preprocessing techniques
EEG bandwidthBandpass filtering of EEG signal and type of filters used
Artifact handlingArtifact rejection and/or correction methods
Effective sampling frequencySampling frequency of EEG data for feature extraction
EEG epochingEpoching process, length, and quantity of epochs
Effective EEG signal durationLength of EEG signal used for feature extraction
Source localizationSurvey on source localization methods when required
EEG feature typesSurvey on the types of EEG features used

Reported outcomesDiscriminative studiesMethods for discriminative task and reported results
Assessment studiesMethods for assessment task and reported results
Reported limitationsLimitations reported in the study