Operation of a P300-based brain-computer interface by individuals with cervical spinal cord injury

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 991-996

  Ikegami, Shiro ^a,b   Takano, Kouji ^a   Saeki, Naokatsu ^b   Kansaku, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCI; BMI; Cervical spinal cord injury; Chromatic change; P300

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79953025434     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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