Current trends in hardware and software for brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Brunner, P ^a,b,c   Bianchi, L ^d   Guger, C ^e   Cincotti, F ^d   Schalk, G ^a,c,f,g,h  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e G TEC MEDICAL ENGINEERING GMBH   (Austria)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; HARDWARE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACES (BCIS); COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; MUSCULAR COMMUNICATION; STANDARDIZED INTERFACES; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CERTIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79954491451     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/2/025001     Document Type: Article

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