Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad comes forward to rise hands of stroke victims.
Gautham S
(Prof. Vinod Prasad (IIT Palakkad) Dr. Subasree R. (Associate Professor, Neurology department, NIMHANS Bangalore) Dr. Benzy V. K. | credits: IIT Palakkad)
Palakkad: Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad comes forward to rise hands of stroke victims. Palakkad IIT and National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences(NIMHANS) together developing computer based technology that can help stroke victims to improve movement of hands and legs in the direction they wish. This experiment was successfully completed in 25 patient admitted in NIMHANS.
Brain Computer Interface technology is used here, which acts as a link between brain and computer. This information is transferred to robotic hands that makes movement.
This research project titled “Motor Imagery based Brain Computer Interface for Neurorehabilitation of Stroke patients”, aimed to develop an Electroencephalography (EEG) based Brain Computer Interface (BCI) system that can decode the imagined hand movement kinematics from non-invasive EEG signals of stroke patients, who suffer from limb hand disability.
This 18-month duration project will be led by Prof. Vinod Prasad of IIT Palakkad and Dr. Subasree R., Associate Professor, Neurology department, NIMHANS Bangalore. Dr. Benzy V. K., Institute Postdoctoral Fellow of IIT Palakkad will work with the Principal Investigators to carry out the project.