The combined use of Brain Computer Interface and Eye-Tracking technology for cognitive assessment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 320-324

  Cipresso, Pietro ^a   Meriggi, Paolo ^b   Carelli, Laura ^a   Solca, Federica ^a   Meazzi, Daniela ^a   Poletti, Barbara ^a   Lule, Dorothee ^c   Ludolph, Albert C ^c   Riva, Giuseppe ^a   Silani, Vincenzo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

AAC; ALS; BCI; Cognitive Assessment; Eye tracking

Indexed keywords

AAC; ALS; BCI; COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; EYE-TRACKING;

HEALTH CARE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RATING; TECHNOLOGY; TRACKING (POSITION); UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80054897693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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