A device for the detection of cognitive brain functions in completely paralyzed or unresponsive patients

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-220

  Hinterberger, Thilo ^a,c,d   Wilhelm, Barbara ^a,e   Mellinger, Jürgen ^a   Kotchoubey, Boris ^a,f,g,h,i   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,b,j,k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d Deutsche Phys Gesellschaft (DPG)   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f University of Würzburg ^*

^g Brit Psychophysiol Society (BPPS)   (Russian Federation)

^h Ger Soc Psychophys/Applic (DGPA)   (Germany)

ⁱ University of Vienna   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); Cognition; Event related brain potentials (ERP); Locked in syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI); DETECTION OF COGNITIVE ABILITY (DCA); EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIAL (ERP); THOUGHT TRANSLATION DEVICE (TTD);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

BRAIN;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; PARALYSIS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; THOUGHT TRANSLATION DEVICE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 13244279423     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.840190     Document Type: Article

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