A brain-computer interface based on functional transcranial doppler ultrasound using wavelet transform and support vector machines.

Journal: Journal of neuroscience methods
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Functional transcranial Doppler (fTCD) is an ultrasound based neuroimaging technique used to assess neural activation that occurs during a cognitive task through measuring velocity of cerebral blood flow.

Authors

  • Aya Khalaf
    Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 3700 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: afk17@pitt.edu.
  • Matthew Sybeldon
    Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 3700 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
  • Ervin Sejdić
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. Electronic address: esejdic@ieee.org.
  • Murat Akcakaya
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, akcakaya@pitt.edu,tugcebusraiu@gmail.com.