Abstract #1622

Assessing (fMRI) Brain-Computer Interface Stability in ALS with Support Vector Machine

Robert Cary Welsh¹, Laura Jelsone-Swain¹, Veronika Schoepf², Scott J. Peltier³

¹Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; ²Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ³Functional MRI Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

We used fMRI data in conjunction with support vector machine (SVM) classification of brain state to examine (fMRI-based) brain-computer interface stability in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient population.