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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces Using Motor-Imagery: Techniques and Challenges.

Natasha Padfield, Jaime Zabalza, Huimin Zhao, Valentin Masero, Jinchang Ren

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

115 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Natasha PadfieldCentre for Signal and Image Processing, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK. natasha.padfield@strath.ac.uk.
Jaime ZabalzaCentre for Signal and Image Processing, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK. j.zabalza@strath.ac.uk.
Huimin ZhaoSchool of Computer Sciences, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China. zhaohuimin@gpnu.edu.cn.
Valentin MaseroDepartment of Computer Systems and Telematics Engineering, Universidad de Extremadura, 06007 Badajoz, Spain. vmasero@unex.es.
Jinchang RenCentre for Signal and Image Processing, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XW, UK. jinchang.ren@strath.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-6116-3194

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), particularly those using motor-imagery (MI) data, have the potential to become groundbreaking technologies in both clinical and entertainment settings. MI data is generated when a subject imagines the movement of a limb. This paper reviews state-of-the-art signal processing techniques for MI EEG-based BCIs, with a particular focus on the feature extraction, feature selection and classification techniques used. It also summarizes the main applications of EEG-based BCIs, particularly those based on MI data, and finally presents a detailed discussion of the most prevalent challenges impeding the development and commercialization of EEG-based BCIs.

Indexed as

BrainBrain-Computer InterfacesElectroencephalographyEvoked PotentialsHumansPrincipal Component AnalysisSignal Processing, Computer-Assistedbrain-computer interface (BCI)electroencephalography (EEG)motor-imagery (MI)

Identifiers

PMID30909489
PMCPMC6471241

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