EEG-based Brain-Computer Interfaces for people with Disorders of Consciousness: Features and applications. A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) are clinical conditions following a severe acquired brain injury (ABI) characterized by absent or reduced awareness, known as coma, Vegetative State (VS)/Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome (VS/UWS), and Minimally Conscious State (MCS). Misdiagnosis rate between VS/UWS and MCS is attested around 40% due to the clinical and behavioral fluctuations of the patients during bedside consciousness assessments. Given the large body of evidence that some patients with DoC possess "covert" awareness, revealed by neuroimaging and neurophysiological techniques, they are candidates for intervention with brain-computer interfaces (BCIs).

Objectives

The aims of the present work are (i) to describe the characteristics of BCI systems based on electro

SUBMITTER: Galiotta V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9760911 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature