Brain-computer interfaces for control of neuroprostheses: From synchronous to asynchronous mode of operation

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Müller Putz, Gernot R ^a   Scherer, Reinhold ^a   Pfurtscheller, Gert ^a   Rupp, Rüdiger ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Electroencephalogram; Neuroprosthesis; Neurorehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS;

NEUROPROSTHESIS; NEUROREHABILITATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TETRAPLEGIC PATIENTS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33747210944     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2006.011     Document Type: Review

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