METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC EVOKED POTENTIALS ASSESSMENT

1 - 23 . (canceled)

24 . A system for processing event-related brain potential signals of a patient, comprising:

one or more neurological electrodes configured to collect event-related brain potential signals generated in response to a stimulus provided to the patient;

one or more stimulus generators configured to provide sensory or cognitive stimuli, or motor events to the patient;

a signal processor operatively connected to the one or more neurological electrodes and configured to receive the event-related brain potential signals; and

wherein the signal processor s configured to:

denoise the event-related brain potential signals received by the signal processor;

transform the denoised event-related brain potential signals to a transform domain; and

automatically detect locations of one or more peaks of the event-related brain potential signals in the transform domain.

25 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the processor configured to reject artifacts present in the event-related brain potentials prior to denoising.

26 . The system of claim 25 , wherein the processor is configured to reject artifacts present in the event-related potentials using a plurality of automated artifact detectors working in parallel.

27 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the processor is configured to transform the denoised event-related brain potential signals to a wavelet transform domain.

28 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the processor is configured to extract a set of quantitative features from the event-related brain potential signals.

29 . The system of claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured to compare the set of quantitative features to one or more feature sets stored in a storage system to allow assessment or monitoring of the patient's neurological state.

30 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the processor is configured to extract features related to the peaks in the patient's event-related potential signals.

31 . The system of claim 30 , wherein the processor is configured to detect the amplitude or the timing of the peaks in the patient's event-related potential signals.

32 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the processor is configured to locate peaks of the event-related potential signals in time domain.

33 . The system of claim 32 , wherein the processor is configured to combined the peak locations in time domain with the peak locations in the transform domain.

34 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the stimulus provided to the patient is an auditory stimulus and the event-related potential signal generated in an auditory brainstem response.

35 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the stimulus provided to the patient is a visual stimulus.