Visualizing patient journals and EMBC 2016 in Orlando
Due to a sickness I was unable to participate at conferences last year, but after a full recovery, I was at EMBC in Orlando, Florida (USA), and I participated with my first PhD-related project. The project presents a data-driven approach to graphically present text-based electronic health records (EHR) of patients, while …
Brain-Computer Interfaces outside research facilities
Working with Brain-Computer interfaces (BCI) can be challenging and fun – especially when we make something that works. But are regular consumers ready for using already developed systems, or do we need to do more research? This summer I received funding from my university to investigate the field further – to …
EMBC 2014 – Project on video surveillence of epilepsy patients
This year I participated in the annual conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2014) with a poster presentation of a project that I am very fond of even though my contribution to it was small. I was hoping to present two papers, but my most …
Project: A novel SSVEP-based BCI spelling system
In my master thesis, I developed a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) for people who suffer from locked-in syndrome, which is a condition in where a person loses the ability to control muscles and communicate. The brain mostly functions though. Fortunately, with today’s technology, it is possible to help these people by either using a …
Project: ADHD treatment using a neuroheadset – Mobile version
In a previous project, I developed a game where the player wears a neuroheadset, Emotiv EPOC, which is equipped with fourteen sensors for measuring EEG activity. The game was fully controlled using only brain activity. The downside was, that the user would grow tired fast and the game was not …
Project: ADHD treatment using a neuroheadset
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a development disorder which cannot be cured. There are many causes for ADHD, including genetic heritage, mother drinking alcohol or smoking during pregnancy, traumas, toxins, food additives, excessive watching of TV during an early age, and many more. An alternative treatment method, which has …
Project: Detecting mood in texts
To understand the mood within a text, whether the text is dark and gloomy, or just happy, we need to read it. But what if we want to find out whether songs written in the 90’s were happier than songs these days? Instead of spending days on reading lyrics from hundreds of songs, we can let the …