Hot topics review of brain-computer interface in 2019-2020
CHEN Xiaogang1, YANG Chen2, CHEN Jingjing3, GAO Xiaorong3
1. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China;
2. School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China;
3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Abstract：Brain-computer interface (BCI) is designed to provide rich and powerful command signals for assistive devices by decoding user's intention directly from brain signals in a real-time way. Recently, both theoretic and practical aspects of BCI technology have rapidly developed and become increasingly mature. More application scenarios of BCI technology have been demonstrated as well. This review summarizes the important achievements and events in hardware, algorithm, paradigm, and application in the BCI field in 2019-2020 and discusses its development trend.
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