Operation of a P300-based brain-computer interface by individuals with cervical spinal cord injury
Operation of a P300-based brain-computer interface by individuals with cervical spinal cord injury
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DOI:
10.1016/j.clinph.2010.08.021
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发表时间:
2011-05-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Kansaku, Kenji
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作者:
Ikegami, Shiro;Takano, Kouji;Kansaku, Kenji
Objective: This study evaluates the efficacy of a P300-based brain-computer interface (BCI) with green/blue flicker matrices for individuals with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI).Methods: Ten individuals with cervical SCI (age 26-53, all male) and 10 age-and sex-matched able-bodied controls (age 27-52, all male) with no prior BCI experience were asked to input hiragana (Japanese alphabet) characters using the P300 BCI with two distinct types of visual stimuli, white/gray and green/blue, in an 8 x 10 flicker matrix. Both online and offlines performance were evaluated.Results: The mean online accuracy of the SCI subjects was 88.0% for the white/gray and 90.7% for the green/blue flicker matrices. The accuracy of the control subjects was 77.3% and 86.0% for the white/gray and green/blue, respectively. There was a significant difference in online accuracy between the two types of flicker matrix. SCI subjects performed with greater accuracy than controls, but the main effect was not significant.Conclusions: Individuals with cervical SCI successfully controlled the P300 BCI, and the green/blue flicker matrices were associated with significantly higher accuracy than the white/gray matrices. Significance: The P300 BCI with the green/blue flicker matrices is effective for use not only in able-bodied subjects, but also in individuals with cervical SCI. (C) 2010 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.