Development of a brain-computer interface and virtual reality for motor neurorehabilitation

PhD study program: Measurement Technology
Academic year: 2023-2024
Advisor: Ing. Mgr. Roman Rosipal, DrSc. (roman.rosipal@savba.sk)
External educational institution: Institute of Measurement Science SAS
Accepting university: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Institute of Electrical Engineering

Annotation:

Technological advances based on virtual reality (VR) combined with advanced methods of artificial intelligence and machine learning offer new challenges for research and treatment. The dissertation is focused on the area of motor neurorehabilitation in patients after a stroke. Rehabilitation is carried out using the BCI-VR system, consisting of a brain-computer interface (BCI) and feedback in the form of visualization in a VR environment. The aim of the practical part of the dissertation is to improve the software and hardware part of the existing system to create a robust, compact, easily applicable, and user-acceptable system. The dissertation will also measure electrical brain activity through electroencephalographic (EEG) data, their evaluation and analysis. This part of the thesis is focused on developing methods and algorithms for detecting EEG changes associated with the mental imagery of movement and changes in subjects’ mental and cognitive states during experiments.