An independent SSVEP-based brain-computer interface in locked-in syndrome

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lesenfants, D ^a   Habbal, D ^a   Lugo, Z ^a,c   Lebeau, M ^a   Horki, P ^b   Amico, E ^a   Pokorny, C ^b   Gomez F ^a,d   Soddu, A ^a,e   Muller Putz G ^b   Laureys, S ^a   Noirhomme, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feature extraction; Gaze independent; Harmonic; Locked in syndrome; SSVEP BCI

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACES (BCIS); BRAIN-INJURED PATIENTS; FEATURE EXTRACTION ALGORITHMS; GAZE-INDEPENDENT; HARMONIC; LOCKED-IN SYNDROME; SSVEP-BCI; STEADY-STATE VISUALLY EVOKED POTENTIAL;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVERT ATTENTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE VISUALLY EVOKED POTENTIAL; YOUNG ADULT; ALGORITHM; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NEUROFEEDBACK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH DISORDERS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFEEDBACK; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPEECH DISORDERS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901251496     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/3/035002     Document Type: Article

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