Real-time microcontroller based brain computer interface for mental task classifications using wireless eeg signals from two channels

Proceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMed 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 336-342

  Chai, Rifai ^a   Hunter, Gregory P ^a   Ling, Sai H ^a   Nguyen, Hung T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomedical electronic; Biomedical signal processing; Brain computer interface; Data and signal acquisition

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ELECTRONICS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIT RATES; BRAIN ACTIVITY; COIN CELLS; CURRENT CONSUMPTION; DATA AND SIGNAL ACQUISITION; DISABLED PEOPLE; EEG SIGNALS; EMBEDDED MICROCONTROLLER; FEEDFORWARD BACKPROPAGATION; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; LOW POWER; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MENTAL TASK CLASSIFICATION; MENTAL TASKS; PRACTICAL SYSTEMS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; REAL-TIME OPERATION; SYSTEM USE; TWO CHANNEL;

BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MICROCONTROLLERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SEPARATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84863700174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2316/P.2012.764-058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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