Brain-computer interface for assessing consciousness in severely brain-injured patients

Clinical Neurophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness: Brain Function Monitoring in the ICU and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 133-148

  Chatelle, Camille ^a,b   Lesenfants, Damien ^a   Guller, Yelena ^b   Laureys, Steven ^a   Noirhomme, Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1634-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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