An SSVEP-based BCI using high duty-cycle visual flicker

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 12 PART 1, 2011, Pages 3350-3359

  Lee, Po Lei ^a   Yeh, Chia Lung ^a   Cheng, John Yung Sung ^b   Yang, Chia Yen ^c   Lan, Gong Yau ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); electroencephalographic (EEG); steady state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI); CURSOR COMMANDS; DUTY CYCLES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC (EEG); HIGH SNR; INFORMATION TRANSFER RATE; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; STEADY-STATE VISUAL-EVOKED POTENTIALS; STEADY-STATE VISUAL-EVOKED POTENTIALS (SSVEPS); VISUAL DISCOMFORT;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLICKERING; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); SURVEYS;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAZE; HIGH DUTY CYCLE VISUAL FLICKER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STEADY STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 82155191310     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2162586     Document Type: Article

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