A Procedure for Measuring Latencies in Brain-Computer Interfaces

作者:Wilson J Adam; Mellinger Juergen; Schalk Gerwin; Williams Justin
来源:IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2010, 57(7): 1785-1797.
DOI:10.1109/TBME.2010.2047259

摘要

Brain-computer interface (BCI) systems must process neural signals with consistent timing in order to support adequate system performance. Thus, it is important to have the capability to determine whether a particular BCI configuration (i.e., hardware and software) provides adequate timing performance for a particular experiment. This report presents a method of measuring and quantifying different aspects of system timing in several typical BCI experiments across a range of settings, and presents comprehensive measures of expected overall system latency for each experimental configuration.