Real-time fMRI-based brain-computer interfacing for neurofeedback therapy and compensation of lost motor functions

Imaging in Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-415

  Goebel, Rainer ^a   Zilverstand, Anna ^a   Sorger, Bettina ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

braincomputer interface; clinical neuroscience; communication; consciousness; device control; locked in syndrome; motor disability; neurofeedback; real time functional MRI; self modulation; self regulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMMUNICATION AID; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROFEEDBACK THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

EID: 77955578241     PISSN: 17555191     EISSN: 17555205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/iim.10.35     Document Type: Review

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