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196 F. Nijboer and U. Broermann<br />

Now that the BCI system is set up, we can place the electrode cap with 16 electrodes<br />

on the head <strong>of</strong> J. Because a good contact between the electrode surface and<br />

the skin needs to be established, we need to fill the electrodes with electrode gel.<br />

This procedure in itself is relatively easy and takes no longer than 5–10 min for an<br />

experienced EEG researcher. However, it creates a big problem for any BCI user<br />

who is severely paralyzed, because it is very cumbersome to wash the hair after<br />

training, especially when the patient is in a wheel chair or in a bed. A future requirement<br />

<strong>of</strong> BCI systems would therefore be the use <strong>of</strong> electrodes which do not need to<br />

be filled with electrode gel. First results with so-called dry electrodes [52] have been<br />

promising.<br />

After we have shown J. his brain signals and jokingly told him we could still<br />

detect a brain, we are finally ready to start the BCI session. In Fig. 3 the protocol<br />

<strong>of</strong> session 4 can be found. During this session we tested him with a P300 BCI. We<br />

instructed J. to “write” the sentence “Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi<br />

quer durch Bayern” (translation: “Franz hurries in a completely shabby taxi across<br />

Bavaria”).<br />

SubjectCode: Patient J.<br />

Date: 10.03.2005<br />

Instructors: Tamara & Femke<br />

Session number: 4<br />

Parameterfile: 3Speller_DAS.prm<br />

Cap: Blue; 16 channels<br />

Comments: Referenced to right mastoid; grounded with left mastoid; all<br />

impedances below 5 kOhm; signals looking good<br />

Run<br />

Number (and<br />

time)<br />

Word To Copy Comments<br />

1 (10:44 am) Franz<br />

2 (10:47 am) jagt Telephone is ringing<br />

3 (10:50 am) im<br />

4 (10:55 am) komplett When he was trying to spell the letter ‚L’ he had fasciculations that were visible<br />

in the EEG.<br />

5 (11:03 am) verwahr<br />

6 (11:10 am) losten Again fasciculations<br />

7 (11:15 am) taxi We suspended this run, because he cannot keep his head up anymore. His head<br />

dropped down!<br />

7 (11:40 am) taxi<br />

8 (11:44 am) quer<br />

9 (11:48 am) durch Yawning ; patient reported not sleeping much the night before<br />

10 (11:52 am) Bayern<br />

Fig. 3 Training protocol from session 4 with patient J. The header contains information on technical<br />

aspects <strong>of</strong> this measurement and how the signals were acquired. The first row specifies the<br />

run number and the time the run started. Then, the Word-To-Copy column specifies which word J.<br />

had to copy in each <strong>of</strong> the ten runs. In the final column there is space to comment on the run

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