An SSVEP-actuated brain computer interface using phase-tagged flickering sequences: A cursor system

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2383-2397

  Lee, Po Lei ^a,b,c   Sie, Jyun Jie ^a   Liu, Yu Ju ^a   Wu, Chi Hsun ^a   Lee, Ming Huan ^a   Shu, Chih Hung ^b,c,d   Li, Po Hung ^b,e   Sun, Chia Wei ^c   Shyu, Kuo Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei General Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); Electroencephalography (EEG); Phase tagged flickering sequence; Steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT DETECTION; BAND PASS; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI); COMMAND SEQUENCES; CURSOR MOVEMENT; EEG SIGNALS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INFORMATION TRANSFER RATE; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; PHASE LAGS; PHASE MARGINS; STEADY-STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FLICKERING; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHASE INTERFACES; VISUALIZATION;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77954659838     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-9964-y     Document Type: Article

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