Asynchronous P300-based brain - Computer interfaces: A computational approach with statistical models

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1754-1763

  Zhang, Haihong ^a   Guan, Cuntai ^a   Wang, Chuanchu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asynchronous control; Brain computer interface; Electroencephalogram (EEG); P300

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

ASYNCHRONOUS CONTROL; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

BRAIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44349139532     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.919128     Document Type: Article

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