P300 speller BCI with a mobile EEG system: Comparison to a traditional amplifier

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  De Vos, Maarten ^a   Kroesen, Markus ^a   Emkes, Reiner ^a   Debener, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Comparison; Mobile EEG; P300; Wireless amplifier

Indexed keywords

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRODES; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPARISON; ELECTRODE PLACEMENT; ELECTRODE PREPARATION; INFORMATION TRANSFER RATE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; P300; P300 AMPLITUDES; TRAINING AND TESTING;

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; COST; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPELLING; STIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WALKING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; AUTOMATION; COMMUNICATION AID; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; HELMET; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TELEMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TELEMETRY; WORD PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901275218     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/3/036008     Document Type: Article

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