The BCI competition III: Validating alternative approaches to actual BCI problems

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-159

  Blankertz, Benjamin ^a   Müller, Klaus Robert ^a,b   Krusienski, Dean J ^c   Schalk, Gerwin ^c   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^c,d   Schlögl, Alois ^e   Pfurtscheller, Gert ^e   Millán, José Del R ^f   Schröder, Michael ^g   Birbaumer, Niels ^g,h  

^a FRAUNHOFER FIRST   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f IDIAP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmentative communication; Beta rhythm; Brain computer interface (BCI); Electroencephalography (EEG); ERP; Imagined hand movements; Mu rhythm; Nonstationarity; P300; Rehabilitation; Single trial classification; Slow cortical potentials

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG); IMAGINED HAND MOVEMENTS; MU RHYTHM; NONSTATIONARITY; P300; SINGLE-TRIAL CLASSIFICATION; SLOW CORTICAL POTENTIALS;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HAND MOVEMENT; IMAGERY; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33746411637     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2006.875642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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