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Zhang M, Huang J, Ni S. Recognition of motor intentions from EEGs of the same upper limb by signal traceability and Riemannian geometry features. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1270785. [PMID: 38027473 PMCID: PMC10643198 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1270785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Introduction The electroencephalographic (EEG) based on the motor imagery task is derived from the physiological electrical signal caused by the autonomous activity of the brain. Its weak potential difference changes make it easy to be overwhelmed by noise, and the EEG acquisition method has a natural limitation of low spatial resolution. These have brought significant obstacles to high-precision recognition, especially the recognition of the motion intention of the same upper limb. Methods This research proposes a method that combines signal traceability and Riemannian geometric features to identify six motor intentions of the same upper limb, including grasping/holding of the palm, flexion/extension of the elbow, and abduction/adduction of the shoulder. First, the EEG data of electrodes irrelevant to the task were screened out by low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography. Subsequently, tangential spatial features are extracted by the Riemannian geometry framework in the covariance matrix estimated from the reconstructed EEG signals. The learned Riemannian geometric features are used for pattern recognition by a support vector machine with a linear kernel function. Results The average accuracy of the six classifications on the data set of 15 participants is 22.47%, the accuracy is 19.34% without signal traceability, the accuracy is 18.07% when the features are the filter bank common spatial pattern (FBCSP), and the accuracy is 16.7% without signal traceability and characterized by FBCSP. Discussion The results show that the proposed method can significantly improve the accuracy of intent recognition. In addressing the issue of temporal variability in EEG data for active Brain-Machine Interfaces, our method achieved an average standard deviation of 2.98 through model transfer on different days' data.
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- Meng Zhang
- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Nanjing Tech University Nanjing, Nanjing, China
- Research Institute, NeuralEcho Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Research Institute, NeuralEcho Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Nanjing Tech University Nanjing, Nanjing, China
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Wang F, Liu H, Zhao L, Su L, Zhou J, Gong A, Fu Y. Improved Brain-Computer Interface Signal Recognition Algorithm Based on Few-Channel Motor Imagery. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:880304. [PMID: 35601907 PMCID: PMC9120356 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.880304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Common spatial pattern (CSP) is an effective algorithm for extracting electroencephalogram (EEG) features of motor imagery (MI); however, CSP mainly aims at multichannel EEG signals, and its effect in extracting EEG features with fewer channels is poor-even worse than before using CSP. To solve the above problem, a new combined feature extraction method has been proposed in this study. For EEG signals from fewer channels (three channels), wavelet packet transform, fast ensemble empirical mode decomposition, and local mean decomposition were used to decompose the band-pass filtered EEG into multiple time-frequency components, and the corresponding components were selected according to the frequency characteristics of MI or the correlation coefficient between its time-frequency components and the original EEG signal. Furthermore, phase space reconstruction (PSR) was performed on the selected components after the three time-frequency decompositions, the maximum Lyapunov index was calculated, and the features were reconstructed; then, CSP projection mapping was used for the reconstructed features. The support vector machine probability output model was trained by the obtained three mappings. Probability outputs by three different support vector machines were then obtained. Finally, the classification of test samples was determined by the fusion of the Dempster-Shafer evidence theory at the decision level. The results showed that the accuracy of the proposed method was 95.71% on data set III of BCI competition II (left- and right-hand MI), which was 2.88% higher than the existing methods. On data set IIb of BCI competition IV, the average accuracy was 86.60%, which was 2.3% higher than the existing methods. This study verified the effectiveness of the proposed method and provided an approach for the research and development of the MI-BCI system based on fewer channels.
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- Fan Wang
- Faculty of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- Brain Cognition and Brain-Computer Intelligence Integration Group, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- Brain Cognition and Brain-Computer Intelligence Integration Group, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- Brain Cognition and Brain-Computer Intelligence Integration Group, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- Brain Cognition and Brain-Computer Intelligence Integration Group, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- School of Information Engineering, Chinese People’s Armed Police Force Engineering University, Xi’an, China
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- Faculty of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- Brain Cognition and Brain-Computer Intelligence Integration Group, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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Yang L. Nano-Hydrogel for the Treatment of Depression and Epilepsy. J Biomed Nanotechnol 2022; 18:1097-1105. [PMID: 35854439 DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2022.3318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This article first combines nano-carrier technology, the electrophysiological mechanism of seizures, and brain targeting technology to prepare new nano-hydrogels. Secondly, through the discharge information generated during the seizure and the electric field responsiveness of the nano-hydrogel, the free drug concentration in the brain area related to the seizure is increased, thereby, limiting the abnormal discharge of the focus to the local area and suppressing it in time. Finally, this article examines the impact of nano-hydrogel on the epilepsy and depression using relevant studies. The experimental observations revealed that the yield of the nano-hydrogel synthesized after 24 h of sapon-free emulsion polymerization was 50 to 70%, the swelling rate was 400 to 1700%, and the viscosity of the 20 mg/mL nano-hydrogel dispersion was 3.9 to 17.0 mPa· s. Furthermore, because the total efficiency was 0.952, the nano-hydrogels have a reduced recurrence rate and a better effect on the depression improvement.
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- Libai Yang
- Department of Neurology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Taiyuan, 030032, Shanxi, P. R. China
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Su C, Khanlou N, Mustafa N. Chinese Immigrant Mothers of Children with Developmental Disabilities: Stressors and Social Support. Int J Ment Health Addict 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11469-018-9882-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Application of artificial bee colony algorithm in feature optimization for motor imagery EEG classification. Neural Comput Appl 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00521-017-2950-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Buccino AP, Keles HO, Omurtag A. Hybrid EEG-fNIRS Asynchronous Brain-Computer Interface for Multiple Motor Tasks. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146610. [PMID: 26730580 PMCID: PMC4701662 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Non-invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) have demonstrated great promise for neuroprosthetics and assistive devices. Here we aim to investigate methods to combine Electroencephalography (EEG) and functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) in an asynchronous Sensory Motor rhythm (SMR)-based BCI. We attempted to classify 4 different executed movements, namely, Right-Arm—Left-Arm—Right-Hand—Left-Hand tasks. Previous studies demonstrated the benefit of EEG-fNIRS combination. However, since normally fNIRS hemodynamic response shows a long delay, we investigated new features, involving slope indicators, in order to immediately detect changes in the signals. Moreover, Common Spatial Patterns (CSPs) have been applied to both EEG and fNIRS signals. 15 healthy subjects took part in the experiments and since 25 trials per class were available, CSPs have been regularized with information from the entire population of participants and optimized using genetic algorithms. The different features have been compared in terms of performance and the dynamic accuracy over trials shows that the introduced methods diminish the fNIRS delay in the detection of changes.
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- Alessio Paolo Buccino
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Electronics Informatics and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Yuan H, He B. Brain-computer interfaces using sensorimotor rhythms: current state and future perspectives. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2015; 61:1425-35. [PMID: 24759276 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2014.2312397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Many studies over the past two decades have shown that people can use brain signals to convey their intent to a computer using brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). BCI systems extract specific features of brain activity and translate them into control signals that drive an output. Recently, a category of BCIs that are built on the rhythmic activity recorded over the sensorimotor cortex, i.e., the sensorimotor rhythm (SMR), has attracted considerable attention among the BCIs that use noninvasive neural recordings, e.g., electroencephalography (EEG), and have demonstrated the capability of multidimensional prosthesis control. This paper reviews the current state and future perspectives of SMR-based BCI and its clinical applications, in particular focusing on the EEG SMR. The characteristic features of SMR from the human brain are described and their underlying neural sources are discussed. The functional components of SMR-based BCI, together with its current clinical applications, are reviewed. Finally, limitations of SMR-BCIs and future outlooks are also discussed.
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Shan H, Yuan H, Zhu S, He B. EEG-based motor imagery classification accuracy improves with gradually increased channel number. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2013; 2012:1695-8. [PMID: 23366235 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2012.6346274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The question of how many channels should be sed for classification remains a key issue in the study of Brain-Computer Interface. Several studies have shown that a reduced number of channels can achieve the optimal classification accuracy in the offline analysis of motor imagery paradigm, which does not have real-time feedback as in the online control. However, for the cursor movement control paradigm, it remains unclear as to how many channels should be selected in order to achieve the optimal classification. In the present study, we gradually increased the number of channels, and adopted the time-frequency-spatial synthesized method for left and right motor imagery classification. We compared the effect of increasing channel number in two datasets, an imagery-based cursor movement control dataset and a motor imagery tasks dataset. Our results indicated that for the former dataset, the more channels we used, the higher the accuracy rate was achieved, which is in contrast to the finding in the latter dataset that optimal performance was obtained at a subset number of channels. When gradually increasing the number of channels from 2 to all in the analysis of cursor movement control dataset, the average training and testing accuracies from three subjects improved from 68.7% to 90.4% and 63.7% to 87.7%, respectively.
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- Haijun Shan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
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LaFleur K, Cassady K, Doud A, Shades K, Rogin E, He B. Quadcopter control in three-dimensional space using a noninvasive motor imagery-based brain-computer interface. J Neural Eng 2013; 10:046003. [PMID: 23735712 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/10/4/046003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE At the balanced intersection of human and machine adaptation is found the optimally functioning brain-computer interface (BCI). In this study, we report a novel experiment of BCI controlling a robotic quadcopter in three-dimensional (3D) physical space using noninvasive scalp electroencephalogram (EEG) in human subjects. We then quantify the performance of this system using metrics suitable for asynchronous BCI. Lastly, we examine the impact that the operation of a real world device has on subjects' control in comparison to a 2D virtual cursor task. APPROACH Five human subjects were trained to modulate their sensorimotor rhythms to control an AR Drone navigating a 3D physical space. Visual feedback was provided via a forward facing camera on the hull of the drone. MAIN RESULTS Individual subjects were able to accurately acquire up to 90.5% of all valid targets presented while travelling at an average straight-line speed of 0.69 m s(-1). SIGNIFICANCE Freely exploring and interacting with the world around us is a crucial element of autonomy that is lost in the context of neurodegenerative disease. Brain-computer interfaces are systems that aim to restore or enhance a user's ability to interact with the environment via a computer and through the use of only thought. We demonstrate for the first time the ability to control a flying robot in 3D physical space using noninvasive scalp recorded EEG in humans. Our work indicates the potential of noninvasive EEG-based BCI systems for accomplish complex control in 3D physical space. The present study may serve as a framework for the investigation of multidimensional noninvasive BCI control in a physical environment using telepresence robotics.
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- Karl LaFleur
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 7-105 NHH, 312 Church Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Continuous three-dimensional control of a virtual helicopter using a motor imagery based brain-computer interface. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26322. [PMID: 22046274 PMCID: PMC3202533 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 09/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) allow a user to interact with a computer system using thought. However, only recently have devices capable of providing sophisticated multi-dimensional control been achieved non-invasively. A major goal for non-invasive BCI systems has been to provide continuous, intuitive, and accurate control, while retaining a high level of user autonomy. By employing electroencephalography (EEG) to record and decode sensorimotor rhythms (SMRs) induced from motor imaginations, a consistent, user-specific control signal may be characterized. Utilizing a novel method of interactive and continuous control, we trained three normal subjects to modulate their SMRs to achieve three-dimensional movement of a virtual helicopter that is fast, accurate, and continuous. In this system, the virtual helicopter's forward-backward translation and elevation controls were actuated through the modulation of sensorimotor rhythms that were converted to forces applied to the virtual helicopter at every simulation time step, and the helicopter's angle of left or right rotation was linearly mapped, with higher resolution, from sensorimotor rhythms associated with other motor imaginations. These different resolutions of control allow for interplay between general intent actuation and fine control as is seen in the gross and fine movements of the arm and hand. Subjects controlled the helicopter with the goal of flying through rings (targets) randomly positioned and oriented in a three-dimensional space. The subjects flew through rings continuously, acquiring as many as 11 consecutive rings within a five-minute period. In total, the study group successfully acquired over 85% of presented targets. These results affirm the effective, three-dimensional control of our motor imagery based BCI system, and suggest its potential applications in biological navigation, neuroprosthetics, and other applications.
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Liu J, Perdoni C, He B. Hand movement decoding by phase-locking low frequency EEG signals. 2011 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY 2011; 2011:6335-8. [PMID: 22255787 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6091564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Jiaen Liu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Gu Y, do Nascimento OF, Lucas MF, Farina D. Identification of task parameters from movement-related cortical potentials. Med Biol Eng Comput 2011; 47:1257-64. [PMID: 19730913 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0523-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 08/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The study investigates the accuracy in discriminating rate of torque development (RTD) and target torque (TT) (task parameters) from electroencephalography (EEG) signals generated during imaginary motor tasks. Signals were acquired from nine healthy subjects during four imaginary isometric plantar-flexions of the right foot involving two RTDs (ballistic and moderate) and two TTs (30 and 60% of the maximal voluntary contraction torque), each repeated 60 times in random order. The single-trial EEG traces were classified with a pattern recognition approach based on wavelet coefficients as features and support vector machine (SVM) as classifier. Average misclassification rates were (mean +/- SD) 16 +/- 9% and 26 +/- 13% for discrimination of the two TTs under ballistic and moderate RTDs, respectively. RTDs could be discriminated with misclassification rates of 16 +/- 11% and 19 +/- 10% under high and low TT, respectively. These results indicate that differences in both TT and RTD can be detected from single-trial EEG traces during imaginary tasks.
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- Ying Gu
- Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Royer AS, He B. Goal selection versus process control in a brain-computer interface based on sensorimotor rhythms. J Neural Eng 2009; 6:016005. [PMID: 19155552 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/1/016005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In a brain-computer interface (BCI) utilizing a process control strategy, the signal from the cortex is used to control the fine motor details normally handled by other parts of the brain. In a BCI utilizing a goal selection strategy, the signal from the cortex is used to determine the overall end goal of the user, and the BCI controls the fine motor details. A BCI based on goal selection may be an easier and more natural system than one based on process control. Although goal selection in theory may surpass process control, the two have never been directly compared, as we are reporting here. Eight young healthy human subjects participated in the present study, three trained and five naïve in BCI usage. Scalp-recorded electroencephalograms (EEG) were used to control a computer cursor during five different paradigms. The paradigms were similar in their underlying signal processing and used the same control signal. However, three were based on goal selection, and two on process control. For both the trained and naïve populations, goal selection had more hits per run, was faster, more accurate (for seven out of eight subjects) and had a higher information transfer rate than process control. Goal selection outperformed process control in every measure studied in the present investigation.
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- Audrey S Royer
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Hsu WY, Sun YN. EEG-based motor imagery analysis using weighted wavelet transform features. J Neurosci Methods 2009; 176:310-8. [PMID: 18848844 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2008] [Revised: 07/11/2008] [Accepted: 09/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hori J, Sakano K, Saitoh Y. Development of communication supporting device controlled by eye movements and voluntary eye blink. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2004:4302-5. [PMID: 17271256 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2004.1404198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A communication interface controlled by eye movements and voluntary eye blink has been developed for disabled individuals who have motor paralysis and therefore cannot speak. Horizontal and vertical electro-oculograms were measured using two surface electrodes referring to an earlobe electrode. Four directional cursor movements and one selection were realized by logically combining the detected two channel signals. Virtual input experiments were conducted on a virtual screen keyboard. Its usability and accuracy were improved using our proposed method.
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- J Hori
- Department of Biocybernetics, Niigata University, Japan
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Li J, Wang K, Zhu S, He B. Effects of holes on EEG forward solutions using a realistic geometry head model. J Neural Eng 2007; 4:197-204. [PMID: 17873421 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/4/3/004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Holes in the skull and the scalp are associated with intracranial monitoring procedures. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effects of holes on extracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) and intracranial electrocorticogram (ECoG) recordings. The finite difference method (FDM) was used to model the head volume conductor with a hole of varying size. A current dipole was used to simulate the brain electrical activity with varying locations within the brain. The effects of the holes were assessed by comparing the forward potential distributions with and without a hole. The present computer simulation results indicate that the effect of a hole on the scalp EEG and ECoG recordings strongly depends on the dipole location and orientation. For a superficial radial dipole located under a hole of radius ranging from 5 mm to 40 mm, the relative error (RE) varies from 0.99% to 93.07% for the EEG and from 0.025% to 16.72% for the ECoG. The correlation coefficient (CC) varies from 99.99% to 21.1% and from 100% to 99.75% for the EEG and EcoG, respectively. For radial dipoles, the strongest effect on the EEG and ECoG occurs when the dipole is located below the center of the hole, while for tangential dipoles, the strongest effect occurs when the dipole is located below the border of the hole. The effect of a hole on the EEG is much larger than upon the ECoG.
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- Jing Li
- College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China
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Qin L, Deng J, Ding L, He B. Motor imagery classification by means of source analysis methods. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2004:4356-8. [PMID: 17271269 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2004.1404212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We report our investigation of classification of imagined left and right hand movements by applying source analysis methods. Independent component analysis (ICA) is used as a spatio-temporal filter, then equivalent dipole analysis and cortical current density imaging methods are applied to reconstruct equivalent sources, to aid classification of motor imagery tasks in a human subject. The classification was considered correct if the equivalent source was found over the motor cortex in the corresponding hemisphere. A classification rate of about 80% was achieved in the human subject studied using both the equivalent dipole analysis and the cortical current density imaging analysis.
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- L Qin
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Wang T, Deng J, He B. Classification of motor imagery EEG patterns and their topographic representation. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2004:4359-62. [PMID: 17271270 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2004.1404213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We have developed a single trial motor imagery (MI) classification strategy for the brain computer interface (BCI) applications by using time-frequency synthesis approach to accommodate the individual difference, and using the spatial patterns derived from EEG rhythmic components as the feature description. The EEGs are decomposed into a series of frequency bands, and the instantaneous power is represented by the envelop of oscillatory activity, which formed the spatial patterns for a given electrode montage at a time-frequency grid. Time-frequency weights determined by training process were used to synthesize the contributions at the time-frequency domains. The overall classification accuracies for three selected human subjects performing left or right hand movement imagery tasks, were about 87 percent in the ten-fold cross validation without rejecting trials. The loci of motor imagery activity were shown in the spatial topography of differential mode patterns over the sensorimotor area. The present method promises to provide a useful alternative as a general purpose classification procedure for motor imagery classification.
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- Tao Wang
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
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Kamousi B, Amini AN, He B. Classification of motor imagery by means of cortical current density estimation and Von Neumann entropy. J Neural Eng 2007; 4:17-25. [PMID: 17409476 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/4/2/002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The goal of the present study is to employ the source imaging methods such as cortical current density estimation for the classification of left- and right-hand motor imagery tasks, which may be used for brain-computer interface (BCI) applications. The scalp recorded EEG was first preprocessed by surface Laplacian filtering, time-frequency filtering, noise normalization and independent component analysis. Then the cortical imaging technique was used to solve the EEG inverse problem. Cortical current density distributions of left and right trials were classified from each other by exploiting the concept of Von Neumann entropy. The proposed method was tested on three human subjects (180 trials each) and a maximum accuracy of 91.5% and an average accuracy of 88% were obtained. The present results confirm the hypothesis that source analysis methods may improve accuracy for classification of motor imagery tasks. The present promising results using source analysis for classification of motor imagery enhances our ability of performing source analysis from single trial EEG data recorded on the scalp, and may have applications to improved BCI systems.
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- Baharan Kamousi
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Yang BH, Yan GZ, Yan RG, Wu T. Feature extraction for EEG-based brain–computer interfaces by wavelet packet best basis decomposition. J Neural Eng 2006; 3:251-6. [PMID: 17124328 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/3/4/001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A method based on wavelet packet best basis decomposition (WPBBD) is investigated for the purpose of extracting features of electroencephalogram signals produced during motor imagery tasks in brain-computer interfaces. The method includes the following three steps. (1) Original signals are decomposed by wavelet packet transform (WPT) and a wavelet packet library can be formed. (2) The best basis for classification is selected from the library. (3) Subband energies included in the best basis are used as effective features. Three different motor imagery tasks are discriminated using the features. The WPBBD produces a 70.3% classification accuracy, which is 4.2% higher than that of the existing wavelet packet method.
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- Bang-hua Yang
- School of Electronic, Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.
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OBJECTIVE To describe localizing value of surface EEG recording in the presurgical evaluation of medically intractable pediatric epilepsy patients. METHODS We review the relevant concepts required for understanding the role of surface EEG in the presurgical evaluation and in identifying the epileptogenic zone. The unique features of EEG and its limitations are discussed. CONCLUSION Despite recent technological advancements, surface EEG continues to play a crucial role in defining the epileptogenic zone, and thus in presurgical planning.
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- Dean P Sarco
- Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Yamawaki N, Wilke C, Liu Z, He B. An enhanced time-frequency-spatial approach for motor imagery classification. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2006; 14:250-4. [PMID: 16792306 PMCID: PMC1989674 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2006.875567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Human motor imagery (MI) tasks evoke electroencephalogram (EEG) signal changes. The features of these changes appear as subject-specific temporal traces of EEG rhythmic components at specific channels located over the scalp. Accurate classification of MI tasks based upon EEG may lead to a noninvasive brain-computer interface (BCI) to decode and convey intention of human subjects. We have previously proposed two novel methods on time-frequency feature extraction, expression and classification for high-density EEG recordings (Wang and He 2004; Wang, Deng, and He, 2004). In the present study, we refined the above time-frequency-spatial approach and applied it to a one-dimensional "cursor control" BCI experiment with online feedback. Through offline analysis of the collected data, we evaluated the capability of the present refined method in comparison with the original time-frequency-spatial methods. The enhanced performance in terms of classification accuracy was found for the proposed approach, with a mean accuracy rate of 91.1% for two subjects studied.
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- Nobuyuki Yamawaki
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Qin L, Ding L, He B. A wavelet-based time-frequency analysis approach for classification of motor imagery for brain-computer interface applications. J Neural Eng 2005; 2:65-72. [PMID: 16317229 PMCID: PMC1945182 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/2/4/001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings during motor imagery tasks are often used as input signals for brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). The translation of these EEG signals to control signals of a device is based on a good classification of various kinds of imagination. We have developed a wavelet-based time-frequency analysis approach for classifying motor imagery tasks. Time-frequency distributions (TFDs) were constructed based on wavelet decomposition and event-related (de)synchronization patterns were extracted from symmetric electrode pairs. The weighted energy difference of the electrode pairs was then compared to classify the imaginary movement. The present method has been tested in nine human subjects and reached an averaged classification rate of 78%. The simplicity of the present technique suggests that it may provide an alternative method for EEG-based BCI applications.
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- *Correspondence: Bin He, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 7-105 BSBE, 312 Church Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, e-mail:
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Deng J, Yao J, Dewald JPA. Classification of the intention to generate a shoulder versus elbow torque by means of a time–frequency synthesized spatial patterns BCI algorithm. J Neural Eng 2005; 2:131-8. [PMID: 16317237 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/2/4/009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In this paper, we attempt to determine a subject's intention of generating torque at the shoulder or elbow, two neighboring joints, using scalp electroencephalogram signals from 163 electrodes for a brain-computer interface (BCI) application. To achieve this goal, we have applied a time-frequency synthesized spatial patterns (TFSP) BCI algorithm with a presorting procedure. Using this method, we were able to achieve an average recognition rate of 89% in four healthy subjects, which is comparable to the highest rates reported in the literature but now for tasks with much closer spatial representations on the motor cortex. This result demonstrates, for the first time, that the TFSP BCI method can be applied to separate intentions between generating static shoulder versus elbow torque. Furthermore, in this study, the potential application of this BCI algorithm for brain-injured patients was tested in one chronic hemiparetic stroke subject. A recognition rate of 76% was obtained, suggesting that this BCI method can provide a potential control signal for neural prostheses or other movement coordination improving devices for patients following brain injury.
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- Jie Deng
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Kamousi B, Liu Z, He B. Classification of motor imagery tasks for brain-computer interface applications by means of two equivalent dipoles analysis. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 2005; 13:166-71. [PMID: 16003895 DOI: 10.1109/tnsre.2005.847386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We have developed a novel approach using source analysis for classifying motor imagery tasks. Two-equivalent-dipoles analysis was proposed to aid classification of motor imagery tasks for brain-computer interface (BCI) applications. By solving the electroencephalography (EEG) inverse problem of single trial data, it is found that the source analysis approach can aid classification of motor imagination of left- or right-hand movement without training. In four human subjects, an averaged accuracy of classification of 80% was achieved. The present study suggests the merits and feasibility of applying EEG inverse solutions to BCI applications from noninvasive EEG recordings.
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- Baharan Kamousi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Wang T, Deng J, He B. Classifying EEG-based motor imagery tasks by means of time–frequency synthesized spatial patterns. Clin Neurophysiol 2004; 115:2744-53. [PMID: 15546783 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a single trial motor imagery (MI) classification strategy for the brain-computer interface (BCI) applications by using time-frequency synthesis approach to accommodate the individual difference, and using the spatial patterns derived from electroencephalogram (EEG) rhythmic components as the feature description. METHODS The EEGs are decomposed into a series of frequency bands, and the instantaneous power is represented by the envelop of oscillatory activity, which forms the spatial patterns for a given electrode montage at a time-frequency grid. Time-frequency weights determined by training process are used to synthesize the contributions from the time-frequency domains. RESULTS The present method was tested in nine human subjects performing left or right hand movement imagery tasks. The overall classification accuracies for nine human subjects were about 80% in the 10-fold cross-validation, without rejecting any trials from the dataset. The loci of MI activity were shown in the spatial topography of differential-mode patterns over the sensorimotor area. CONCLUSIONS The present method does not contain a priori subject-dependent parameters, and is computationally efficient. The testing results are promising considering the fact that no trials are excluded due to noise or artifact. SIGNIFICANCE The present method promises to provide a useful alternative as a general purpose classification procedure for MI classification.
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- Tao Wang
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Qin L, Ding L, He B. Motor imagery classification by means of source analysis for brain-computer interface applications. J Neural Eng 2004; 1:135-41. [PMID: 15876632 PMCID: PMC1945182 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/1/3/002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We report a pilot study of performing classification of motor imagery for brain-computer interface applications, by means of source analysis of scalp-recorded EEGs. Independent component analysis (ICA) was used as a spatio-temporal filter extracting signal components relevant to left or right motor imagery (MI) tasks. Source analysis methods including equivalent dipole analysis and cortical current density imaging were applied to reconstruct equivalent neural sources corresponding to MI, and classification was performed based on the inverse solutions. The classification was considered correct if the equivalent source was found over the motor cortex in the corresponding hemisphere. A classification rate of about 80% was achieved in the human subject studied using both the equivalent dipole analysis and the cortical current density imaging analysis. The present promising results suggest that the source analysis approach could manifest a clearer picture on the cortical activity, and thus facilitate the classification of MI tasks from scalp EEGs.
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- *Correspondence: Bin He, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 7-105 BSBE, 312 Church Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455, e-mail:
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