Revisiting customized algorithms for research grade devices

Olivia Walch^{1

2}, Michael W L Chee³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
² Arcascope, Arlington, VA, USA.
³ Centre for Sleep and Cognition, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Editorial

Olivia Walch et al. Sleep. 2025.

. 2025 Apr 11;48(4):zsaf011.

doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsaf011.

Olivia Walch^{1

2}, Michael W L Chee³

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
² Arcascope, Arlington, VA, USA.
³ Centre for Sleep and Cognition, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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Evaluating the performance of open-source and proprietary processing of actigraphy sleep estimation in children with suspected sleep disorders: a comparison with polysomnography.
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