Comparison of a row-column speller vs. a novel lateral single-character speller: Assessment of BCI for severe motor disabled patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1168-1181

  Pires, Gabriel ^a,b   Nunes, Urbano ^a   Castelo Branco, Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE TOMAR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Electroencephalography; Event related potential; P300; Rehabilitation; Visual paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL SINGLE CHARACTER SPELLER; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROW COLUMN SPELLER; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

BRAIN; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DISABLED PERSONS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861459956     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.10.040     Document Type: Article

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