Single Trial Detection in Encephalography
First Claim
1. A method for interpreting brain activity monitored by an array of brain activity sensors applied to the head of a subject, wherein each of the sensors are adapted to generate a response signal upon prompting of the subject by an external stimulus, comprising:
- receiving two or more response signals from the array of brain activity sensors, each response signal corresponding to a different brain activity sensors;
determining two or more spatial weighting coefficients, each corresponding to one of the two or more response signals;
weighting each of the two or more received response signals in accordance with a corresponding one of the determined weighting coefficients; and
generating an output from the weighted two or more response signals, the output having a correlation to the brain activity of the subject in response to the external stimulus.
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Abstract
An EEG cap (8) having 64 or 128 electrodes (10) is placed on the head of the subject (11) who is viewing CRT monitor (14). The signals on each channel are amplified by amplifier (17) and sent to an analog-to-digital converter (20). PC (23) captures and records the amplified signals and the signals are processed by signal processing PC (26) performing linear signal processing. The resulting signal is sent back to a feedback/display PC (29) having monitor (14).
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1. A method for interpreting brain activity monitored by an array of brain activity sensors applied to the head of a subject, wherein each of the sensors are adapted to generate a response signal upon prompting of the subject by an external stimulus, comprising:
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receiving two or more response signals from the array of brain activity sensors, each response signal corresponding to a different brain activity sensors; determining two or more spatial weighting coefficients, each corresponding to one of the two or more response signals; weighting each of the two or more received response signals in accordance with a corresponding one of the determined weighting coefficients; and generating an output from the weighted two or more response signals, the output having a correlation to the brain activity of the subject in response to the external stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for interpreting brain activity monitored by an array of brain activity sensors applied to the head of a subject, wherein each of the sensors are adapted to generate a response signal upon prompting of the subject by an external stimulus, comprising:
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an input adapted to receive two or more response signals generated by at least a portion of the brain activity sensors, each response signal corresponding to a different brain activity sensors; a data processor, coupled to the input, programmed to; receive the two or more response signals from the input; determine two or more spatial weighting coefficients, each corresponding to one of the two or more response signals; weigh each of the two or more received response signals in accordance with a corresponding one of the computed weighting coefficients; and generate an output from the weighted two or more response signals, the output having a correlation to the brain activity of the subject in response to the external stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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