An SSVEP-based brain computer interface for the control of functional electrical stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1847-1855

  Gollee, Henrik ^a,b   Volosyak, Ivan ^c   McLachlan, Angus J ^a,b   Hunt, Kenneth J ^a,d   Gräser, Axel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Centre for Innovation in Spinal Cord Injury   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Braincomputer interface (BCI); EEG; functional electrical stimulation (FES); respiratory assistance; steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE INFORMATION; DETECTION TIME; EEG SIGNALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY; NEUROPROSTHESES; OPERATING MODES; STIMULATION INTENSITY; STIMULATION SYSTEMS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); STATISTICAL TESTS;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; LIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSTHESIS; STEADY STATE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77954635022     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2043432     Document Type: Article

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