Today I read a paper titled “The Smartphone Brain Scanner: A Mobile Real-time Neuroimaging System”
The abstract is:
Combining low cost wireless EEG sensors with smartphones offers novel opportunities for mobile brain imaging in an everyday context
We present a framework for building multi-platform, portable EEG applications with real-time 3D source reconstruction
The system – Smartphone Brain Scanner – combines an off-the-shelf neuroheadset or EEG cap with a smartphone or tablet, and as such represents the first fully mobile system for real-time 3D EEG imaging
We discuss the benefits and challenges of a fully portable system, including technical limitations as well as real-time reconstruction of 3D images of brain activity
We present examples of the brain activity captured in a simple experiment involving imagined finger tapping, showing that the acquired signal in a relevant brain region is similar to that obtained with standard EEG lab equipment
Although the quality of the signal in a mobile solution using a off-the-shelf consumer neuroheadset is lower compared to that obtained using high density standard EEG equipment, we propose that mobile application development may offset the disadvantages and provide completely new opportunities for neuroimaging in natural settings