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Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness

In this experiment, we demonstrate a suite of hybrid Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)-based paradigms that are designed for two applications: assessing the ...

Guger Technologies OG

Fractal dimensions of data series, particularly time series can be estimated very well by using Higuchi's algorithm. Without phase space constructions, the fractal dimension of a one-dimensional data stream is calculated. Higuchi's method is well accepted and widely applied, because it is very reliable and easy to implement. A generalization of the genuine 1D algorithm to two dimensions would be desirable in order to investigate digital images. In this study, we propose several 2D generalization algorithms and evaluate differences between them. Additionally, a comparison to previously published pseudo 2D generalizations, and to the Fourier and the Blanket method are presented. The algorithms were tested on artificially generated grey value and red-green-blue colour images. It turned out that the proposed 2D generalized Higuchi algorithms are very robust, but differences in between the generalizations as well as differences to the pseudo 2D algorithms are astonishingly small.

Is a two-dimensional generalization of the Higuchi algorithm really necessary?

Conventional therapies do not provide paralyzed patients with closed-loop sensorimotor integration for motor rehabilitation. Paired associative stimulation (PAS) uses brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to monitor patients' movement imagery in real-time, and utilizes the information to control functional electrical stimulation (FES) and bar feedback for complete sensorimotor closed loop. To realize this approach, we introduce the recoveriX system, a hardware and software platform for PAS. After 10 sessions of recoveriX training, one stroke patient partially regained control of dorsiflexion in her paretic wrist. A controlled group study is planned with a new version of the recoveriX system, which will use a new FES system and an avatar instead of bar feedback.

Nikolaus Sabathiel

Guger Technologies OG

Assessment and Communication for People with Disorders of Consciousness