Non-invasive EEG-based brain-computer interfaces in patients with disorders of consciousness

Emilia Mikołajewska; Dariusz Mikołajewski

doi:10.1186/2054-9369-1-14

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Non-invasive EEG-based brain-computer interfaces in patients with disorders of consciousness

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- Non-invasive EEG-based brain-computer interfaces in patients with disorders of consciousness
- Military Medical Research Vol. 1, Issue 2, Pages: 109-114(2014)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Rehabilitation Department, Military Clinical Hospital No. 10 and Polyclinic, Powstańców Warszawy 5, Bydgoszcz 85-681, Poland
  2.Disorders of Consciousness Research and Neurorehabilitation Unit, Neurocognitive Laboratory, Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
  3.Institute of Mechanics and Applied Computer Science, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
  4.Department of Applied Informatics, Department of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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  *: e.mikolajewska@wp.pl
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- DOI：10.1186/2054-9369-1-14
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- Published：2014-06
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Mikołajewska et al.: Non-invasive EEG-based brain-computer interfaces in patients with disorders of consciousness. Mil Med Res 2014, 1: 14
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Mikołajewska et al.: Non-invasive EEG-based brain-computer interfaces in patients with disorders of consciousness. Mil Med Res 2014, 1: 14 DOI： 10.1186/2054-9369-1-14.

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Disorders of consciousness (DoCs) are chronic conditions resulting usually from severe neurological deficits. The limitations of the existing diagnosis systems and methodologies cause a need for additional tools for relevant patients with DoCs assessment

including brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Recent progress in BCIs’ clinical applications may offer important breakthroughs in the diagnosis and therapy of patients with DoCs. Thus the clinical significance of BCI applications in the diagnosis of patients with DoCs is hard to overestimate. One of them may be brain-computer interfaces. The aim of this study is to evaluate possibility of non-invasive EEG-based brain-computer interfaces in diagnosis of patients with DOCs in post-acute and long-term care institutions.

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