BCI2000: SOFTWARE FOR BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE RESEARCH

BCI2000：脑机接口研究软件

• 批准号: 7123285
• 负责人: GERWIN SCHALK
• 金额: $ 34.52万
• 依托单位: WADSWORTH CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7123285
• 关键词: brain; communication; computer program /software; computer system design /evaluation; computers; handbook; lead; motivation; muscle

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Signals from the brain can provide a new communication channel - a brain-computer interface (BCI) - for people with severe neuromuscular disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), brainstem stroke, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury. BCI technology can allow people who are completely paralyzed, or "locked in," to express wishes to caregivers, use word processing programs, access the Internet, or even operate neuroprostheses. Up to now, BCI research has demonstrated that a variety of different methods using different brain signals, different signal analyses, and different operating formats can convey a person's commands to a computer. Future progress that moves from this demonstration stage to practical applications of long-term value to people with motor disabilities requires systematic comparison and integration of these different methods. This process can be greatly facilitated by a flexible general-purpose BCI system that can be used to implement any BCI design. Over the past five years, we have developed such a system, called BCI2000, and we have provided it to 63 laboratories around the world. They are using it for a wide variety of studies. The goal of this application is the further development and maintenance of BCI2000 to ensure its continuing and growing utility to the rapidly growing field of BCI research. Our laboratory has been in the forefront of BCI research for over 15 years. We initiated and are leading the interdisciplinary and multinational development of BCI2000. The aims of this proposal are: (1) to make BCI2000 more adaptable to other users' needs and other technologies to ensure its continuing utility as those needs and technologies change; (2) to exploit this increased flexibility by incorporating into BCI2000 support for other hardware, software, and operating systems; and (3) to develop and maintain complete BCI2000 documentation and user support to allow efficient use of BCI2000 by a larger user base. We expect that achievement of these aims and dissemination of the resulting technology to other research groups will greatly facilitate BCI research and accelerate its ongoing transition from laboratory demonstrations to realization of BCI applications with clear practical value for people with motor disabilities. LAY LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION: Many recent studies have shown that people who are severely paralyzed can use brain signals alone to communicate their intent to a computer. The brain-computer interface (BCI) technology that makes this possible requires further development before it can be widely used. This project will greatly facilitate this development by improving and maintaining general-purpose BCI software and continuing to provide it to BCI research groups throughout the world.

描述（由申请人提供）：来自大脑的信号可以为患有严重神经肌肉疾病（如肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症（ALS）、脑干中风、脑瘫和脊髓病）的人提供新的沟通渠道——脑机接口（BCI）脊髓损伤。脑机接口技术可以让完全瘫痪或“被锁定”的人向护理人员表达愿望、使用文字处理程序、访问互联网，甚至操作神经假体。到目前为止，脑机接口研究已经证明，利用不同的大脑信号、不同的信号分析和不同的操作格式，可以通过多种不同的方法将人的命令传达给计算机。未来从示范阶段转向对运动障碍人士具有长期价值的实际应用需要对这些不同方法进行系统比较和整合。灵活的通用 BCI 系统可以极大地促进这一过程，该系统可用于实现任何 BCI 设计。在过去的五年里，我们开发了这样一个系统，称为BCI2000，并将其提供给全球63个实验室。他们将其用于各种研究。此应用程序的目标是进一步开发和维护 BCI2000，以确保其对快速发展的 BCI 研究领域的持续和不断增长的实用性。 15 年来，我们的实验室一直处于 BCI 研究的前沿。我们发起并领导 BCI2000 的跨学科和跨国开发。该提案的目的是：（1）使BCI2000更能适应其他用户的需求和其他技术，以确保其随着这些需求和技术的变化而持续有用； (2) 通过将对其他硬件、软件和操作系统的支持纳入 BCI2000 来利用这种增加的灵活性； (3) 开发和维护完整的 BCI2000 文档和用户支持，以允许更大的用户群有效地使用 BCI2000。我们预计，这些目标的实现以及将所得技术传播给其他研究小组将极大地促进 BCI 研究，并加速其从实验室演示到实现对运动障碍人士具有明显实用价值的 BCI 应用的持续转变。通俗语言描述：最近的许多研究表明，严重瘫痪的人可以单独使用大脑信号将他们的意图传达给计算机。使这成为可能的脑机接口（BCI）技术需要进一步发展才能广泛使用。该项目将通过改进和维护通用 BCI 软件并继续向世界各地的 BCI 研究小组提供该软件，极大地促进这一发展。