The development of a brain computer interface device for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Author

Madarame, Tomohiro ; Tanaka, Hisaya ; Inoue, Takenobu ; Kamata, Minoru ; Shino, Motoki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Synthesis, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

2401

Lastpage

2406

Abstract

The objective of this research was to develop a brain computer interface (BCI) communication device for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. The device was designed to meet the needs of ALS patients, and to be used at a clinical level. Initial tests were performed by ALS patients, and the result was accounted for in the experimental production of the communication device. Lastly, the device was evaluated by able-bodied examinees and ALS patients. For able-bodied examinees, the device scored a high rate of correct sessions. When an ALS patient was the user, the correction rate was not as well, but it would have scored highly if a correct parameter was chosen.

Keywords

brain-computer interfaces; handicapped aids; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients; brain computer interface device; communication aid device; Brain computer interfaces; Degenerative diseases; Electroencephalography; Informatics; Medical services; Muscles; Neurons; Performance evaluation; Production; Testing; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Brain-computer interface; Communication Aid Device; Event related potentials; P300;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2008. SMC 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2383-5

Electronic_ISBN

1062-922X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2008.4811654

Filename

4811654