On the suitability of near-infrared (NIR) systems for next-generation brain-computer interfaces

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 815-822

  Coyle, Shirley ^a   Ward, Tomás ^a   Markham, Charles ^a   McDarby, Gary ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Media Lab Europe   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Functional brain imaging; Motor imagery; Near infrared technology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING; INFRARED TECHNOLOGY; MOTOR IMAGERY; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED SYSTEM; NEAR-INFRARED TECHNOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR IMPAIRMENTS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ALGORITHM; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMODYNAMICS; INFRARED RADIATION; NEAR INFRARED SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRAINING;

EID: 4344692576     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/25/4/003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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