Phase synchronization for the recognition of mental tasks in a brain-computer interface

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406-415

  Gysels, Elly ^a,c,d,e   Celka, Patrick ^b,f,g,h,i  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

ⁱ GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); Phase synchronization; Surface electroencephalogram (EEG)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES (BCI); MENTAL TASKS; PHASE LOCKING VALUE (PLV); SPECTRAL COHERENCE;

BRAIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DENSITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RECORDING;

EID: 10244235189     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2004.838443     Document Type: Article

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