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Electrocorticographic (ECoG) signals have been shown to contain reliable information about the direction of arm movements and can be used for on-line cursor control. These findings indicate that the ECoG is a potential basis for a brain-machine interface (BMI) for application in paralyzed patients. However, previous approaches to ECoG-BMIs were either based on classification of different movement patterns or on a voluntary modulation of spectral features. For a continuous multi-dimensional BMI control, the prediction of complete movement trajectories, as it has already been shown for spike data and local field potentials (LFPs), would be a desirable addition for the ECoG, too. Here, we examined ECoG signals from six subjects with subdurally implanted ECoG-electrodes during continuous two-dimensional arm movements between random target positions. Our results show that continuous trajectories of 2D hand position can be approximately predicted from the ECoG recorded from hand/arm motor cortex. This indicates that ECoG signals, related to body movements, can directly be transferred to equivalent controls of an external effector for continuous BMI control.
Author(s): Pistohl T, Ball T, Schulze-Bonhage A, Aertsen A, Mehring C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Year: 2008
Volume: 167
Issue: 1
Pages: 105-114
ISSN (print): 0165-0270
ISSN (electronic): 1872-678X
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.10.001
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.10.001
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