Optical safety assessment of a near-infrared brain-computer interface

IET Conference Publications

Volumn , Issue 539 CP, 2008, Pages 174-179

  Soraghan, C J ^a   Ward, T E ^a   Matthews, F ^a   Markham, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain computer interfaces; Heating effects; Light emitting diodes; Near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; CURRENT GENERATION; CURRENT SYSTEM; DUAL WAVELENGTH; HEAT CONDUCTION EFFECTS; HEATING EFFECTS; LASER DIODES; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SAFETY; OPTICAL SOURCE; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY LEVEL;

DIODES; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEATING; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEXTILES;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 67649947754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20080658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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