Abstract
In this study, we investigated the possibility to evaluate the impact of different avionic technologies on the mental workload of helicopter's pilots by measuring their brain activity with the EEG during a series of simulated missions carried out at AgustaWestland facilities in Yeovil (UK). The tested avionic technologies were: i) Head-Up Display (HUD); ii) Head-Mounted Display (HMD); iii) Full Conformal symbology (FC); iv) Flight Guidance (FG) symbology; v) Synthetic Vision System (SVS); and vi) Radar Obstacles (RO) detection system. It has been already demonstrated that in cognitive tasks, when the cerebral workload increases the EEG power spectral density (PSD) in theta band over frontal areas increases, and the EEG PSD in alpha band decreases over parietal areas. A mental workload index (MWL) has been here defined as the ratio between the frontal theta and parietal alpha EEG PSD values. Such index has been used for testing and comparing the different avionic technologies. Results suggested that the HUD provided a significant (p
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 6182-6185 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 2015-November |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781424492718 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 4 2015 |
| Event | 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 - Milan, Italy Duration: Aug 25 2015 → Aug 29 2015 |
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| Other | 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2015 |
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| Country | Italy |
| City | Milan |
| Period | 8/25/15 → 8/29/15 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Engineering
- Health Informatics
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Avionic technology testing by using a cognitive neurometric index : A study with professional helicopter pilots. / Borghini, Gianluca; Aricò, Pietro; Di Flumeri, Gianluca; Salinari, Serenella; Colosimo, Alfredo; Bonelli, Stefano; Napoletano, Linda; Ferreira, Ana; Babiloni, Fabio.
Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS. Vol. 2015-November Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 6182-6185 7319804.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AU - Colosimo, Alfredo
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AU - Napoletano, Linda
AU - Ferreira, Ana
AU - Babiloni, Fabio
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