Abstract
Functional near-infrared sensing (fNIR) enables real-time, noninvasive monitoring of cognitive activity by measuring the brain’s hemodynamic and metabolic responses. We have demonstrated the ability for non-vocal and non-physical communications through detecting directed changes in cognitive tasks. Building upon past research, this paper reports methods that allow the calibration of the fNIR oxygenation signal to better be used in more complex communicative and selection tasks. This work is then discussed in the context of a faster, continuous fNIR brain-computer interface framework.
Chapter PDF
References
Cope, M.: The development of a near-infrared spectroscopy system and its application for non-invasive monitoring of cerebral blood and tissue oxygenation in the newborn infant, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London (1991)
Feldman, M.H., M.D.: Physiological observations in a chronic case of locked-in syndrome. Neurology 21(5), 459–478 (1971)
Leon-Carrion, J., Van Eeckhout, P., Dominguez-Morales, M.R., Perez-Santamaria, F.J.: The locked-in syndrome: a syndrome looking for therapy. Brain Injury 16(7), 571–582 (2002)
Nishimura, E.M., Stautzenberger, J.P., Robinson, W.J., Downs, T.H., Downs III, J.H.: A New Approach to fNIR: the Optical Tomographic Imaging Spectrometer (OTIS). In: HCI International 2005 (2005)
Nishimura, E.M., Darling, B.A., Rapoport, E.D., Zadra, J.R., Downs, T.H., Proffitt, D.R., Downs III, J.H.: Functional Near-Infrared Sensing for Brain-Computer Interface Control By a Locked-In Individual. In: Augmented Cognition International 2006 (2006)
Rapoport, E.D., Downs, T.H., Proffitt, D.R., Downs III, J.H.: First Investigations of an fNIR-Based Brain-Computer Interface. In: HCI International 2005 (2005)
Rapoport, E.D., Nishimura, E.M., Darling, B.A., Zadra, J.R., Downs, T.H., Proffitt, D.R., Downs III, J.H.: Brain-Computer Interface for Communications Using Functional Near-Infrared Imaging (fNIR). In: Augmented Cognition International 2006 (2006)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Wubbels, P. et al. (2007). Exploring Calibration Techniques for Functional Near-Infrared Imaging (fNIR) Controlled Brain-Computer Interfaces. In: Schmorrow, D.D., Reeves, L.M. (eds) Foundations of Augmented Cognition. FAC 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4565. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73216-7_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73216-7_3
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-73215-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-73216-7
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)