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Functional brain activity monitoring during Unmanned Aerial Vehicle coordination
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Functional brain activity monitoring during Unmanned Aerial Vehicle coordination

H Ayaz, K Izzetoglu, M. P Cakir, A Curtin, J Harrison, M Izzetoglu, P. A Shewokis and B Onaral
2012 20th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), pp 1-4
Apr 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/SIU.2012.6204810

Abstract

Biomedical optical imaging Humans Optical imaging Monitoring Spectroscopy Brain
The efficiency and safety of many complex human-machine systems such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are closely related to the cognitive workload and situational awareness of their operators. Subjective operator reports, physiological and behavioral measures are not reliably sensitive for monitoring cognitive overload. Drexel's Optical Brain Imaging Team has already developed a portable safe and cost-effective optical brain imaging method called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIR) for monitoring the prefrontal cortex in clinical and field settings. The current study examined the relationship of the hemodynamic response in prefrontal cortex to mental workload, level of expertise, and task performance.

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