Dry and Water-Based EEG Electrodes in SSVEP-Based BCI Applications

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 357 CCIS, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-40

  Mihajlović, Vojkan ^a   Garcia Molina, Gary ^a   Peuscher, Jan ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b Twente Medical Systems International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BCI; Brain computer interface; Dry electrodes; EEG; Signal quality; SSVEP; Steady state visual evoked potential; Water based electrodes

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

BCI; DRY ELECTRODE; SIGNAL QUALITY; SSVEP; STEADY STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS; WATER BASED;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84904611539     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38256-7_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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