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An SSVEP ¿ Based BCI Using High Duty-Cycle Visual Flicker.
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PMID:  21788179     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Steady-state visual evoked potential-based brain computer interfaces (SSVEP-based BCIs) have generated significant interest due to their high information transfer rate (ITR). Due to the amplitude-frequency characteristic of SSVEP, the flickering frequency of an SSVEP-based BCI is typically lower than 20 Hz to achieve high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). However, a visual flicker with a flashing frequency below the critical flicker-fusion frequency often makes subjects feel flicker jerky, and causes visual discomfort. This study presents a novel technique using high duty-cycle visual flicker to decrease users visual discomfort. The proposed design uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) flashing at 13.16 Hz, driven by flickering sequences consisting of repetitive stimulus cycles with a duration of T (T = 76 ms). Each stimulus cycle included an ON state with a duration TON and an OFF state with a duration TOFF (T = TON + TOFF), and the duty cycle, defined as TON/T, varied from 10.5% to 89.5%. This study also includes a questionnaire survey, and analyzes the SSVEPs induced by different duty-cycle flickers. An 89.5% duty-cycle flicker, reported as a comfortable flicker, was adopted in a phase-tagged SSVEP system. Six subjects were asked to sequentially input a sequence of cursor commands with 25.08 bits/min ITR.
Authors:
P Lee; C Yeh; Y Cheng; C Yang; G Lan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1558-2531     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-7-26     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0012737     Medline TA:  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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