High performance in brain-computer interface control of an avatar using the missing hand representation in long term amputees

Ori Cohen; Dana Doron; Moshe Koppel; Rafael Malach; Doron Friedman

doi:10.1109/ner.2017.8008375

High performance in brain-computer interface control of an avatar using the missing hand representation in long term amputees

Ori Cohen, Dana Doron, Moshe Koppel, Rafael Malach, Doron Friedman

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Abstract

The ability to allow subjects, including paralyzed patients, to perform a task using brain-computer interfaces has seen a rapid and growing success. Surprisingly, however, it is still not known how far such performance can be improved - especially in cases of long term amputation where both efferent and afferent functions are abolished and may lead to deterioration of the relevant brain representations. Here we used real-time fMRI to demonstrate a remarkably high performance of long term amputees in controlling a computer generated avatar using their missing hand. The missing limb BCI performance showed similar levels both when compared to the intact hand and to control participants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	403-406
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538619162
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ner.2017.8008375
State	Published - 10 Aug 2017
Event	8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017 - Shanghai, China Duration: 25 May 2017 → 28 May 2017

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Name	International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER
ISSN (Print)	1948-3546
ISSN (Electronic)	1948-3554

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Conference	8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017
Country/Territory	China
City	Shanghai
Period	25/05/17 → 28/05/17

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© 2017 IEEE.

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VII. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This research was supported by the European Union FP7 Integrated Project VERE (No 657295), www. vereproject.eu. We would like to thank the subjects for their participation, and the Weizmann Institute fMRI scanner staff Edna Furman-Haran, Nachum Stern and Fanny Attar for their help in this experiment.

Funders	Funder number
European Union FP7
VERE	657295

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Cohen, O., Doron, D., Koppel, M., Malach, R., & Friedman, D. (2017). High performance in brain-computer interface control of an avatar using the missing hand representation in long term amputees. In 8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017 (pp. 403-406). Article 8008375 (International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ner.2017.8008375

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Cohen, O, Doron, D, Koppel, M, Malach, R & Friedman, D 2017, High performance in brain-computer interface control of an avatar using the missing hand representation in long term amputees. in 8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017., 8008375, International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 403-406, 8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017, Shanghai, China, 25/05/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ner.2017.8008375

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Cohen O, Doron D, Koppel M, Malach R, Friedman D. High performance in brain-computer interface control of an avatar using the missing hand representation in long term amputees. In 8th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER 2017. IEEE Computer Society. 2017. p. 403-406. 8008375. (International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER). doi: 10.1109/ner.2017.8008375

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