[CTN] CTN seminar tomorrow and grad student lunch

[Bryan Tripp]

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder about the talk tomorrow (see below).

Also, if you are a grad student and interested in lunch with the speaker,
please contact Eric Hunsberger (erichuns at gmail.com).

Bryan


On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Bryan Tripp <bptripp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Please join us for our final CTN seminar of the year, next Tuesday (March
> 29) at 3:30 in PAS 2464. The title and abstract follow. The speaker is Dr.
> Ning Jiang, who joined Systems Design about a year ago. Let me know if you
> would like to meet individually with Prof. Jiang and/or join us for dinner
> after the talk.
>
> Regards,
> Bryan
>
> Non-invasive Brain Computer Interface (BCI) for motor function
> rehabilitation: putting patients on the driver’s seat
>
> Neurorehabilitation applications, such as those for motor function
> rehabilitation of stroke, Parkinson etc, aims to induce neuroplasticity by
> re-establish damaged sensory-motor control loop. In recently years, Brain
> Computer Interfaces (BCIs) has been investigated as a promising tool for
> these applications. This is because patients’ active volition can be
> incorporated into the rehabilitation process through BCI, as compared to
> conventional rehabilitation approach where patients are in a passive role.
> In this talk, I will discuss a series of studies that systematically
> addressed the following questions: 1) is it possible to detect the motor
> intention, such as dorsiflexion (lifting up toe), in real time when using
> non-invasive brain recordings, i.e. electroencephalogram (EEG); 2) Can a
> system, consisting of such non-invasive detections of motor intent and
> subsequently triggered peripheral stimulations, be used to induce cortical
> plasticity in healthy subjects; 3) what are the critical factors and
> parameters of such a system in inducing cortical plasticity; 4) how well
> does the system work in a cohort of chronic stroke patients who suffer from
> ‘drop-foot’ and no longer respond to regular rehabilitation therapy. Our
> preliminary results suggested that such a patient-centered rehabilitation
> approach will dramatically increase the efficiency of the rehabilitation
> program. Our ultimate goal is to develop a viable rehabilitation paradigm
> that is fully driven by the patients, and can be used outside conventional
> clinical environment.
>
>
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