A Closed-Loop Brain-Computer Interface Software for Research and Medical Applications
The Braincon Platform Software – A Closed-Loop Brain-Computer Interface Software for Research and Medical Applications Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der technischen Fakultät der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau vorgelegt von Jörg Daniel Fischer aus Oberndorf am Neckar Freiburg 08/2014 Dekan Prof. Dr. Georg Lausen Referenten Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schneider (Erstgutachter) Prof. Dr. Thomas Stieglitz (Zweitgutachter) Datum der Promotion 11. Mai 2015 ii iii Comment on References This work contains text and figures from Fischer, J., Milekovic, T., Schneider, G. and Mehring, C. (2014), “Low-latency multi-threaded pro-cessing of neuronal signals for brain-computer interfaces”, Frontiers in Neuroengineering, Vol. 7, p. 1, doi 10.3389/fneng.2014.00001 that were slightly adapted to fit in smoothly with the whole text. Such text passages are marked in cursive font in the text body and in cursive font in figure captions. This work also contains text and figures from Kohler, F., Fischer, J., Gierthmuehlen, M., Gkogkidis, A., Henle, C., Ball, T., Wang, X., Rickert, J., Stieglitz, T. and Schuettler, M., Long-term in vivo validation of a fully-implantable, wireless brain-computer interface for cortical recording and stimulation, in preparation that were slightly adapted to fit in smoothly with the whole text. Such text passages are marked in cursive font in the text body and in cursive serif font in figure captions. iv Zusammenfassung Gehirn-Computer Schnittstellen (brain-computer interfaces, BCIs) bieten eine vielversprechende Möglichkeit zur Wiederherstellung der Bewegungsfähigkeit von schwerstgelähmten Menschen, zur Kommunikation mit Patienten, die in ihrem eigenen Körper gefangen sind oder zur Verbesserung der Wirkung von Maßnahmen zur Schlaganfallsrehabilitation.
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