Brain-computer interfaces based on visual evoked potentials: Feasibility of practical system designs

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 64-71

  Wang, Yijun ^c   Gao, Xiaorong ^a   Hong, Bo ^b   Jia, Chuan ^a   Gao, Shangkai ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CODING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; RECORDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 52149089721     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.923958     Document Type: Review

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