Effectiveness of the P3-speller in brain-computer interfaces for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Neuroengineering

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Marchetti, Mauro ^a   Priftis, Konstantinos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brain computer interface; Meta analysis; P3 speller; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE THERAPY; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; P3 SPELLER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84899698262     PISSN: 16626443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2014.00012     Document Type: Article

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