Motor imagery for severely motor-impaired patients: Evidence for brain-computer interfacing as superior control solution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Höhne, Johannes ^a   Holz, Elisa ^b   Staiger Sälzer, Pit ^c   Müller, Klaus Robert ^a,d,e   Kübler, Andrea ^b   Tangermann, Michael ^f  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Beratungsstelle für Unterstützte Kommunikation ^*  (Germany)

^d BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^e Korea University   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION AID; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFORMATION TRANSFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR IMAGERY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES, PARAMETERS AND DEVICES; SYSTEM REACTION TIME; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMAGINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SELF HELP DEVICE; TIME;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84916235336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104854     Document Type: Article

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