Escolano Carlos, Ramos Murguialday Ander, Matuz Tamara, Birbaumer Niels, Minguez Javier
Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A) and Dpto. de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas (DIIS), Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010;2010:4476-80. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626045.
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) open a new valuable communication channel for people with severe neurological or motor degenerative diseases, such as ALS patients. On the other hand, the ability to teleoperate robots in a remote scenario provides a physical entity embodied in a real environment ready to perceive, explore, and interact. The combination of both functionalities provides a system with benefits for ALS patients in the context of neurorehabilitation or maintainment of the neural activity. This paper reports a BCI telepresence system which offers navigation, exploration and bidirectional communication, only controlled by brain activity; and an initial study of applicability with ALS patients. The results show the feasibility of this technology in real patients.
脑机接口(BCIs)为患有严重神经或运动退行性疾病的人,如肌萎缩侧索硬化症(ALS)患者,开辟了一条新的有价值的通信渠道。另一方面,在远程场景中对机器人进行远程操作的能力提供了一个实体,该实体存在于真实环境中,能够感知、探索和交互。这两种功能的结合为ALS患者在神经康复或神经活动维持方面提供了一个有益的系统。本文报告了一种仅由大脑活动控制的、提供导航、探索和双向通信的脑机接口远程呈现系统,以及对ALS患者适用性的初步研究。结果表明了该技术在真实患者中的可行性。