Sensors for brain-computer interfaces: Options for turning thought into action

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 32-38

  Hochberg, Leigh R ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Donoghue, John P ^g,h  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Cyberkinetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MICROELECTRODE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PARALYSIS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 33749843260     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2006.1705745     Document Type: Review

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