A study in experimental methods of human-computer communication for patients after severe brain injuries

Abstract

Experimental research in the domain of multimedia technology applied to medical practice is discussed, employing a prototype of integrated multimodal system to assist diagnosis and polysensory stimulation of patients after severe brain injury. The system being developed includes among others: eye gaze tracker, and EEG monitoring of non-communicating patients after severe brain injuries. The proposed solutions are used for collecting and analyzing patients’ responses and interactions induced by the multimodal stimulation, resulting in assessing the influence of stimuli on increase of patient’s cognitive and communicative functions with the use of intelligent data analysis methods.