Gert Pfurtscheller

Bio: Gert Pfurtscheller is an academic researcher from Graz University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brain–computer interface & Electroencephalography. The author has an hindex of 117, co-authored 507 publications receiving 62873 citations. Previous affiliations of Gert Pfurtscheller include University of Graz.

Non Invasive BCIs for Neuroprostheses Control of the Paralysed Hand

Abstract: About 300,000 people in Europe alone suffer from a spinal cord injury (SCI), with 11,000 new injuries per year [20]. SCI is caused primarily by traffic and work accidents, and an increasing percentage of the total population also develops SCI from diseases like infections or tumors. About 70% of SCI cases occur in men. 40% are tetraplegic patients with paralyses not only of the lower extremities (and hence restrictions in standing and walking) but also of the upper extremities, which makes it difficult or impossible for them to grasp.

Diagnostische Möglichkeiten des elektrophysiologischen Monitorings an der Intensivstation

Abstract: EINLEITUNG: Moderne Intensivstationen erlauben es, die lebenswichtigen Funktionen des Herz-KreislaufSystems und der Atmung kontinuierlich zu überwachen. Die Homöostase der Körperflüssigkeiten kann durch kurzfristige Laborkontrollen gewährleistet werden. Die vor allem bei Patienten mit schwerem Schädelhirntrauma wichtige Kontrolle der Funktion des Zentralnervensystems entzog sich jedoch bislang einer kontinuierlichen Überwachung. Nur indirekt konnte durch in kurzen Intervallen durchgeführte klinischneurologische Untersuchungen mit dem Erstellen von Komaskalen oder durch die Messung des intrakraniellen Druckes auf die Integrität der zerebralen Funktionen geschlossen werden. Neurologische Überprüfungen können jedoch, selbst wenn sie engmaschig durchgeführt werden, stets nur punktuellen Charakter haben. Die Messung des intrakraniellen Druckes wiederum stellt einen invasiven Eingriff dar, sodaß die Indikation dazu nur in akuten, offensichtlich lebensbedrohlichen Fällen gestellt wird.

High-Resolution ERD Using Realistic Head Geometry

Abstract: Event-related desynchronization (ERD) of Rolandic mu and beta rhythms is characteristic for a voluntary movement [ 1]. The ERD Starts about 2 s before the actual movement over the contralateral hemisphere and gets bilaterally symmetrical with movement execution [2]. Movement-related magnetic fields measurements showed that the mu-rhythm is mostly of somatosensory origin whereas the beta activity seems to be generated in the primary motor cortex [3). Imagination of movement results in an ERD over the sensorimotor area [4], The aim of this paper is to compare two different highresolution methods, that is the surface Laplacian (SL) and the Linear Estimation (LE) method. The realistic geometry of the subject's head was taken into account. We investigated data recorded during motor imagery of right and left hand movements, respectively.

The Design and Analysis of Experiments

Abstract: THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS. By Oscar Kempthorne. New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1952. 631 pp. $8.50. This book by a teacher of statistics (as well as a consultant for \"experimenters\") is a comprehensive study of the philosophical background for the statistical design of experiment. It is necessary to have some facility with algebraic notation and manipulation to be able to use the volume intelligently. The problems are presented from the theoretical point of view, without such practical examples as would be helpful for those not acquainted with mathematics. The mathematical justification for the techniques is given. As a somewhat advanced treatment of the design and analysis of experiments, this volume will be interesting and helpful for many who approach statistics theoretically as well as practically. With emphasis on the \"why,\" and with description given broadly, the author relates the subject matter to the general theory of statistics and to the general problem of experimental inference. MARGARET J. ROBERTSON

Principles of Neural Science

Abstract: I have developed "tennis elbow" from lugging this book around the past four weeks, but it is worth the pain, the effort, and the aspirin. It is also worth the (relatively speaking) bargain price. Including appendixes, this book contains 894 pages of text. The entire panorama of the neural sciences is surveyed and examined, and it is comprehensive in its scope, from genomes to social behaviors. The editors explicitly state that the book is designed as "an introductory text for students of biology, behavior, and medicine," but it is hard to imagine any audience, interested in any fragment of neuroscience at any level of sophistication, that would not enjoy this book. The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his or