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Transferring brain-computer interfaces beyond the laboratory: Successful application control for motor-disabled users

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Objectives Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are no longer only used by healthy participants under controlled conditions in laboratory environments, but also by patients and end-users, controlling applications in their homes or clinics, without the BCI experts around. But are the technology and the field mature enough for this? Especially the successful operation of applications - like text entry systems or assistive mobility devices such as tele-presence robots - requires a good level of BCI control. How much training is needed to achieve such a level? Is it possible to train naïve end-users in 10 days to successfully control such applications?Materials and methods In this work, we report our experiences of training 24 motor-disabled participants at rehabilitation clinics or at the end-users' homes, without BCI experts present. We also share the lessons that we have learned through transferring BCI technologies from the lab to the user's home or clinics.Results The most important outcome is that 50% of the participants achieved good BCI performance and could successfully control the applications (tele-presence robot and text-entry system). In the case of the tele-presence robot the participants achieved an average performance ratio of 0.87 (max. 0.97) and for the text entry application a mean of 0.93 (max. 1.0). The lessons learned and the gathered user feedback range from pure BCI problems (technical and handling), to common communication issues among the different people involved, and issues encountered while controlling the applications.Conclusion The points raised in this paper are very widely applicable and we anticipate that they might be faced similarly by other groups, if they move on to bringing the BCI technology to the end-user, to home environments and towards application prototype control.

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Authors
Leeb, R., Perdikis, S., Tonin, L., Biasiucci, A., Tavella, M., Creatura, M., Molina, A., Al-Khodairy, A., Carlson, T., & Millán, J. D. R.
Affiliations
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • Clinique Romande de Réadaptation (CH)
Corresponding author
Leeb, Robert
Venue
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-10
Volume
59
Issue
2
Pages
121-132
ISSN
0933-3657 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1999296691
Cited by
166
References
49
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FWCI
10.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
  • Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion)
Funders
European ICT programme project TOBI: Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Keywords
brain-computer interface, motor impairment, assistive technology, end-user training, technology transfer, rehabilitation centers, user feedback, BCI performance
MeSH terms
Adult, Electroencephalography, Female, Persons with Disabilities, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Paralysis, Brain-Computer Interfaces

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