title: A procedure for measuring latencies in brain-computer interfaces.
abstract: Brain-computer interface (BCI) systems must process neural signals with consistent timing in order to support adequate system performance. Thus, it is important to have the capability to determine whether a particular BCI configuration (i.e., hardware and software) provides adequate timing performance for a particular experiment. This report presents a method of measuring and quantifying different aspects of system timing in several typical BCI experiments across a range of settings, and presents comprehensive measures of expected overall system latency for each experimental configuration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA. adam.wilson@uc.edu
authors.forename: J Adam
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mellinger
authors.forename: Gerwin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schalk
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003199:Computer Systems; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors; D014584:User-Computer Interface
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