A feasibility study of an eye-writing system based on electro-oculography

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-46

  Tsai, Jang Zern ^a   Lee, Chong Kuan ^a   Wu, Chao Min ^a   Wu, Jin Jei ^b   Kao, Ko Pei ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Electro oculography; Eye; Writing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SKIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ELECTRO-OCULOGRAPHY;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RECOGNITION; WRITING;

EID: 42649104022     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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