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With the recent developments in neuroscience and engineering, it is now possible to record brain signals and decode them. Also, a growing number of stimulation methods have emerged to modulate and influence brain activity. Current…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-18 Hoda Fares , Margherita Ronchini , Milad Zamani , Hooman Farkhani , Farshad Moradi

As transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) advances as a precise, non-invasive neuromodulatory method, there is a need for consistent reporting standards to enable comparison and reproducibility across studies. To this end, the…

Transcranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) is a therapeutic ultrasound method that focuses sound through the skull to a small region noninvasively under MRI guidance. It is clinically approved to thermally ablate regions of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Han Liu , Michelle K. Sigona , Thomas J. Manuel , Li Min Chen , Charles F. Caskey , Benoit M. Dawant

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a powerful communication tool between users and systems, which enhances the capability of the human brain in communicating and interacting with the environment directly. Advances in neuroscience and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-31 Xiaotong Gu , Zehong Cao , Alireza Jolfaei , Peng Xu , Dongrui Wu , Tzyy-Ping Jung , Chin-Teng Lin

Brain computer interfaces (BCI) provide a direct communication link between the brain and a computer or other external devices. They offer an extended degree of freedom either by strengthening or by substituting human peripheral working…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-08-27 Simanto Saha , Khondaker A. Mamun , Khawza Ahmed , Raqibul Mostafa , Ganesh R. Naik , Ahsan Khandoker , Sam Darvishi , Mathias Baumert

BabelBrain is an open-source standalone graphic-user-interface application designed for studies of neuromodulation using transcranial focused ultrasound. It calculates the transmitted acoustic field in the brain tissue, taking into account…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Samuel Pichardo

Acoustic holographic lenses, also known as acoustic holograms, can change the phase of a transmitted wavefront in order to shape and construct complex ultrasound pressure fields, often for focusing the acoustic energy on a target region.…

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) enable direct communication between the brain and external devices. This review highlights the core decoding algorithms that enable multimodal BCIs, including a dissection of the elements, a unified view of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Siyang Li , Hongbin Wang , Xiaoqing Chen , Dongrui Wu

Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) is a therapeutic ultrasound method that focuses sound through the skull to a small region noninvasively and often under MRI guidance. CT imaging is used to estimate the acoustic properties that vary…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-27 Han Liu , Michelle K. Sigona , Thomas J. Manuel , Li Min Chen , Benoit M. Dawant , Charles F. Caskey

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are evolving from research prototypes into clinical, assistive, and performance enhancement technologies. Despite the rapid rise and promise of implantable technologies, there is a need for better and more…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-11-27 Gao Wang , Yingying Huang , Lars Muckli , Daniele Faccio

In recent years, the rapid development of neuroimaging technology has been providing many powerful tools for cognitive neuroscience research. Among them, the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which has high spatial resolution,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-08-20 Yang Wang , Dongrui Wu

Ultrasonography has revolutionized non-invasive diagnostic methodologies, significantly enhancing patient outcomes across various medical domains. Despite its advancements, integrating ultrasound technology with robotic systems for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Huan Xu , Jinlin Wu , Guanglin Cao , Zhen Chen , Zhen Lei , Hongbin Liu

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies have been widely used in many areas. In particular, non-invasive technologies such as electroencephalography (EEG) or near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) have been used to detect motor imagery,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Zhe Sun , Zihao Huang , Feng Duan , Yu Liu

Electro-stimulation or modulation of deep brain regions is commonly used in clinical procedures for the treatment of several nervous system disorders. In particular, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is widely used as an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-29 Essam A. Rashed , Jose Gomez-Tames , Akimasa Hirata

In individuals afflicted with conditions such as paralysis, the implementation of Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) has begun to significantly impact their quality of life. Furthermore, even in healthy individuals, the anticipated advantages…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-03-01 Masaru Kuwabara , Ryota Kanai

Research on Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) began in the 1970s and has increased in volume and diversified significantly since then. Today BCI is widely used for applications like assistive devices for physically challenged users, mental…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Ritam Ghosh

Functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) is a cutting-edge technology that measures changes in cerebral blood volume (CBV) by detecting backscattered echoes from red blood cells moving within its field of view (FOV). It offers high…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-08-20 Jared Deighton , Shan Zhong , Kofi Agyeman , Wooseong Choi , Charles Liu , Darrin Lee , Vasileios Maroulas , Vasileios Christopoulos

In this study, we illustrate the progress of BCI research and present scores of unveiled contemporary approaches. First, we explore a decoding natural speech approach that is designed to decode human speech directly from the human brain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Md Jobair Hossain Faruk , Maria Valero , Hossain Shahriar

Non-invasive brain stimulation, such as transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) provides a powerful tool to directly modulate brain oscillations that mediate complex cognitive processes. While the body of evidence about the…

Low-intensity focused transcranial ultrasonic stimulation (TUS) offers unique depth and precision in non-invasive brain stimulation. Effective administration of TUS, however, requires precise placement of transducers to ensure selective…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Maximilian Lueckel , Suhas Vijayakumar , Til Ole Bergmann