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Shivaraja TR, Remli R, Kamal N, Wan Zaidi WA, Chellappan K. Assessment of a 16-Channel Ambulatory Dry Electrode EEG for Remote Monitoring. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:3654. [PMID: 37050713 PMCID: PMC10098757 DOI: 10.3390/s23073654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Ambulatory EEGs began emerging in the healthcare industry over the years, setting a new norm for long-term monitoring services. The present devices in the market are neither meant for remote monitoring due to their technical complexity nor for meeting clinical setting needs in epilepsy patient monitoring. In this paper, we propose an ambulatory EEG device, OptiEEG, that has low setup complexity, for the remote EEG monitoring of epilepsy patients. OptiEEG's signal quality was compared with a gold standard clinical device, Natus. The experiment between OptiEEG and Natus included three different tests: eye open/close (EOC); hyperventilation (HV); and photic stimulation (PS). Statistical and wavelet analysis of retrieved data were presented when evaluating the performance of OptiEEG. The SNR and PSNR of OptiEEG were slightly lower than Natus, but within an acceptable bound. The standard deviations of MSE for both devices were almost in a similar range for the three tests. The frequency band energy analysis is consistent between the two devices. A rhythmic slowdown of theta and delta was observed in HV, whereas photic driving was observed during PS in both devices. The results validated the performance of OptiEEG as an acceptable EEG device for remote monitoring away from clinical environments.
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- Theeban Raj Shivaraja
- Department of Electrical, Electronics and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras 56000, Malaysia
- Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Electrical, Electronics and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras 56000, Malaysia
- Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras 56000, Malaysia
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- Department of Electrical, Electronics and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia
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Zou B, Zheng Y, Shen M, Luo Y, Li L, Zhang L. BEATS: An Open-Source, High-Precision, Multi-Channel EEG Acquisition Tool System. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2022; PP:1287-1298. [PMID: 37015437 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2022.3230500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Stable and accurate electroencephalogram (EEG) signal acquisition is fundamental in non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. Commonly used EEG acquisition systems' hardware and software are usually closed-source. Its inability to flexible expansion and secondary development is a major obstacle to real-time BCI research. This paper presents the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications EEG Acquisition Tool System named BEATS. It implements a comprehensive system from hardware to software, composed of the analog front end, microprocessor, and software platform. BEATS is capable of collecting 32-channel EEG signals at a guaranteed sampling rate of 4 kHz with wireless transmission. Compared to state-of-the-art systems used in many EEG fields, it displays a better sampling rate. Using techniques including direct memory access, first in first out, and timer, the precision and stability of the acquisition are ensured at the microsecond level. An evaluation is conducted during 24 hours of continuous acquisitions. There are no packet losses and the average maximum delay is only 0.07 s/h. Moreover, as an open-source system, BEATS provides detailed design files, and adopts a plug-in structure and easy-to-access materials, which makes it can be quickly reproduced. Schematics, source code, and other materials of BEATS are available at https://github.com/buptantEEG/BEATS.
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Teversham J, Wong SS, Hsieh B, Rapeaux A, Troiani F, Savolainen O, Zhang Z, Maslik M, Constandinou TG. Development of an Ultra Low-Cost SSVEP-based BCI Device for Real-Time On-Device Decoding. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2022; 2022:208-213. [PMID: 36086083 DOI: 10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study details the development of a novel, approx. £20 electroencephalogram (EEG)-based brain-computer interface (BCI) intended to offer a financially and operationally accessible device that can be deployed on a mass scale to facilitate education and public engagement in the domain of EEG sensing and neurotechnologies. Real-time decoding of steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) is achieved using variations of the widely-used canonical correlation analysis (CCA) algorithm: multi-set CCA and generalised CCA. All BCI functionality is executed on board an inexpensive ESP32 microcontroller. SSVEP decoding accuracy of 95.56 ± 3.74% with an ITR of 102 bits/min was achieved with modest calibration.
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This work presents XBeats, a novel platform for real-time electrocardiogram monitoring and analysis that uses edge computing and machine learning for early anomaly detection. The platform encompasses a data acquisition ECG patch with 12 leads to collect heart signals, perform on-chip processing, and transmit the data to healthcare providers in real-time for further analysis. The ECG patch provides a dynamically configurable selection of the active ECG leads that could be transmitted to the backend monitoring system. The selection ranges from a single ECG lead to a complete 12-lead ECG testing configuration. XBeats implements a lightweight binary classifier for early anomaly detection to reduce the time to action should abnormal heart conditions occur. This initial detection phase is performed on the edge (i.e., the device paired with the patch) and alerts can be configured to notify designated healthcare providers. Further deep analysis can be performed on the full fidelity 12-lead data sent to the backend. A fully functional prototype of the XBeats has been implemented to demonstrate the feasibly and usability of the proposed system. Performance evaluation shows that XBeats can achieve up to 95.30% detection accuracy for abnormal conditions, while maintaining a high data acquisition rate of up to 441 samples per second. Moreover, the analytical results of the energy consumption profile show that the ECG patch provides up to 37 h of continuous 12-lead ECG streaming.
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Mohamed M, Jo E, Mohamed N, Kim M, Yun JD, Kim JG. Development of an Integrated EEG/fNIRS Brain Function Monitoring System. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21227703. [PMID: 34833775 PMCID: PMC8625300 DOI: 10.3390/s21227703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this study, a fully integrated electroencephalogram/functional near-infrared spectroscopy (EEG/fNIRS) brain monitoring system was designed to fulfill the demand for a miniaturized, light-weight, low-power-consumption, and low-cost brain monitoring system as a potential tool with which to screen for brain diseases. The system is based on the ADS1298IPAG Analog Front-End (AFE) and can simultaneously acquire two-channel EEG signals with a sampling rate of 250 SPS and six-channel fNIRS signals with a sampling rate of 8 SPS. AFE is controlled by Teensy 3.2 and powered by a lithium polymer battery connected to two protection circuits and regulators. The acquired EEG and fNIRS signals are monitored and stored using a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The system was evaluated by implementing several tests to verify its ability to simultaneously acquire EEG and fNIRS signals. The implemented system can acquire EEG and fNIRS signals with a CMRR of -115 dB, power consumption of 0.75 mW/ch, system weight of 70.5 g, probe weight of 3.1 g, and a total cost of USD 130. The results proved that this system can be qualified as a low-cost, light-weight, low-power-consumption, and fully integrated EEG/fNIRS brain monitoring system.
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- Manal Mohamed
- Biomedical Science and Engineering Department, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea; (M.M.); (E.J.); (N.M.); (M.K.)
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- Biomedical Science and Engineering Department, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea; (M.M.); (E.J.); (N.M.); (M.K.)
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- Biomedical Science and Engineering Department, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea; (M.M.); (E.J.); (N.M.); (M.K.)
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- Biomedical Science and Engineering Department, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea; (M.M.); (E.J.); (N.M.); (M.K.)
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- Biomedical Science and Engineering Department, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea; (M.M.); (E.J.); (N.M.); (M.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-62-715-2220
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Palumbo A, Vizza P, Calabrese B, Ielpo N. Biopotential Signal Monitoring Systems in Rehabilitation: A Review. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21217172. [PMID: 34770477 PMCID: PMC8587479 DOI: 10.3390/s21217172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Monitoring physical activity in medical and clinical rehabilitation, in sports environments or as a wellness indicator is helpful to measure, analyze and evaluate physiological parameters involving the correct subject’s movements. Thanks to integrated circuit (IC) technologies, wearable sensors and portable devices have expanded rapidly in monitoring physical activities in sports and tele-rehabilitation. Therefore, sensors and signal acquisition devices became essential in the tele-rehabilitation path to obtain accurate and reliable information by analyzing the acquired physiological signals. In this context, this paper provides a state-of-the-art review of the recent advances in electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG) and electromyogram (EMG) signal monitoring systems and sensors that are relevant to the field of tele-rehabilitation and health monitoring. Mostly, we focused our contribution in EMG signals to highlight its importance in rehabilitation context applications. This review focuses on analyzing the implementation of sensors and biomedical applications both in literature than in commerce. Moreover, a final review discussion about the analyzed solutions is also reported at the end of this paper to highlight the advantages of physiological monitoring systems in rehabilitation and individuate future advancements in this direction. The main contributions of this paper are (i) the presentation of interesting works in the biomedical area, mainly focusing on sensors and systems for physical rehabilitation and health monitoring between 2016 and up-to-date, and (ii) the indication of the main types of commercial sensors currently being used for biomedical applications.
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- Arrigo Palumbo
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (A.P.); (B.C.); (N.I.)
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- Mater Domini University Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Interdepartmental Center of Services (CIS), Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (A.P.); (B.C.); (N.I.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Græcia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (A.P.); (B.C.); (N.I.)
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Rakhmatulin I, Parfenov A, Traylor Z, Nam CS, Lebedev M. Low-cost brain computer interface for everyday use. Exp Brain Res 2021; 239:3573-3583. [PMID: 34586477 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-021-06231-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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With the growth in electroencephalography (EEG) based applications the demand for affordable consumer solutions is increasing. Here we describe a compact, low-cost EEG device suitable for daily use. The data are transferred from the device to a personal server using the TCP-IP protocol, allowing for wireless operation and a decent range of motion for the user. The device is compact, having a circular shape with a radius of only 25 mm, which would allow for comfortable daily use during both daytime and nighttime. Our solution is also very cost effective, approximately $350 for 24 electrodes. The built-in noise suppression capability improves the accuracy of recordings with a peak input noise below 0.35 μV. Here, we provide the results of the tests for the developed device. On our GitHub page, we provide detailed specification of the steps involved in building this EEG device which should be helpful to readers designing similar devices for their needs https://github.com/Ildaron/ironbci .
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- Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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Fazio E, Spadaro S, Corsaro C, Neri G, Leonardi SG, Neri F, Lavanya N, Sekar C, Donato N, Neri G. Metal-Oxide Based Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Their Applications in Electrical and Electrochemical Sensors. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21072494. [PMID: 33916680 PMCID: PMC8038368 DOI: 10.3390/s21072494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pure, mixed and doped metal oxides (MOX) have attracted great interest for the development of electrical and electrochemical sensors since they are cheaper, faster, easier to operate and capable of online analysis and real-time identification. This review focuses on highly sensitive chemoresistive type sensors based on doped-SnO2, RhO, ZnO-Ca, Smx-CoFe2−xO4 semiconductors used to detect toxic gases (H2, CO, NO2) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) (e.g., acetone, ethanol) in monitoring of gaseous markers in the breath of patients with specific pathologies and for environmental pollution control. Interesting results about the monitoring of biochemical substances as dopamine, epinephrine, serotonin and glucose have been also reported using electrochemical sensors based on hybrid MOX nanocomposite modified glassy carbon and screen-printed carbon electrodes. The fundamental sensing mechanisms and commercial limitations of the MOX-based electrical and electrochemical sensors are discussed providing research directions to bridge the existing gap between new sensing concepts and real-world analytical applications.
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- Enza Fazio
- Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Physics Science and Earth Science, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno D’Alcontres 31, I-98166 Messina, Italy; (S.S.); (F.N.)
- Correspondence: (E.F.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Physics Science and Earth Science, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno D’Alcontres 31, I-98166 Messina, Italy; (S.S.); (F.N.)
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- Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Physics Science and Earth Science, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno D’Alcontres 31, I-98166 Messina, Italy; (S.S.); (F.N.)
- Correspondence: (E.F.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno D’Alcontres 31, I-98166 Messina, Italy;
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- Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy (ITAE)—CNR, Salita Santa Lucia Sopra Contesse 5, I-98126 Messina, Italy;
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- Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Physics Science and Earth Science, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno D’Alcontres 31, I-98166 Messina, Italy; (S.S.); (F.N.)
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- Department of Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, India; (N.L.); (C.S.)
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- Department of Bioelectronics and Biosensors, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, India; (N.L.); (C.S.)
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- Department of Engineering, Messina University, I-98166 Messina, Italy; (N.D.); (G.N.)
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- Department of Engineering, Messina University, I-98166 Messina, Italy; (N.D.); (G.N.)
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Chen DW, Miao R, Deng ZY, Lu YY, Liang Y, Huang L. Sparse Logistic Regression With L 1/2 Penalty for Emotion Recognition in Electroencephalography Classification. Front Neuroinform 2020; 14:29. [PMID: 32848688 PMCID: PMC7427509 DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2020.00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Emotion recognition based on electroencephalography (EEG) signals is a current focus in brain-computer interface research. However, the classification of EEG is difficult owing to large amounts of data and high levels of noise. Therefore, it is important to determine how to effectively extract features that include important information. Regularization, one of the effective methods for EEG signal processing, can effectively extract important features from the signal and has potential applications in EEG emotion recognition. Currently, the most popular regularization technique is Lasso (L 1) and Ridge Regression (L 2). In recent years, researchers have proposed many other regularization terms. In theory, L q -type regularization has a lower q value, which means that it can be used to find solutions with better sparsity. L 1/2 regularization is of L q type (0 < q < 1) and has been shown to have many attractive properties. In this work, we studied the L 1/2 penalty in sparse logistic regression for three-classification EEG emotion recognition, and used a coordinate descent algorithm and a univariate semi-threshold operator to implement L 1/2 penalty logistic regression. The experimental results on simulation and real data demonstrate that our proposed method is better than other existing regularization methods. Sparse logistic regression with L 1/2 penalty achieves higher classification accuracy than the conventional L 1, Ridge Regression, and Elastic Net regularization methods, using fewer but more informative EEG signals. This is very important for high-dimensional small-sample EEG data and can help researchers to reduce computational complexity and improve computational accuracy. Therefore, we propose that sparse logistic regression with the L 1/2 penalty is an effective technique for emotion recognition in practical classification problems.
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- Dong-Wei Chen
- School of Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan, China
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- Faculty of Information Technology, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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- School of Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan, China
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- School of Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicines, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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- School of Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan, China
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Peterson V, Galván C, Hernández H, Spies R. A feasibility study of a complete low-cost consumer-grade brain-computer interface system. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03425. [PMID: 32154404 PMCID: PMC7056654 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are technologies that provide the user with an alternative way of communication. A BCI measures brain activity (e.g. EEG) and converts it into output commands. Motor imagery (MI), the mental simulation of movements, can be used as a BCI paradigm, where the movement intention of the user can be translated into a real movement, helping patients in motor recovery rehabilitation. One of the main limitations for the broad use of such devices is the high cost associated with the high-quality equipment used for capturing the biomedical signals. Different low-cost consumer-grade alternatives have emerged with the objective of bringing these systems closer to the final users. The quality of the signals obtained with such equipments has already been evaluated and found to be competitive with those obtained with well-known clinical-grade devices. However, how these consumer-grade technologies can be integrated and used for practical MI-BCIs has not yet been explored. In this work, we provide a detailed description of the advantages and disadvantages of using OpenBCI boards, low-cost sensors and open-source software for constructing an entirely consumer-grade MI-BCI system. An analysis of the quality of the signals acquired and the MI detection ability is performed. Even though communication between the computer and the OpenBCI board is not always stable and the signal quality is sometimes affected by ambient noise, we find that by means of a filter-bank based method, similar classification performances can be achieved with an MI-BCI built under low-cost consumer-grade devices as compared to when clinical-grade systems are used. By means of this work we share with the BCI community our experience on working with emerging low-cost technologies, providing evidence that an entirely low-cost MI-BCI can be built. We believe that if communication stability and artifact rejection are improved, these technologies will become a valuable alternative to clinical-grade devices.
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- Victoria Peterson
- Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral, IMAL, CONICET-UNL, Santa Fe, Argentina.,Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, FIUNER, Oro Verde, Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, FIUNER, Oro Verde, Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, FIUNER, Oro Verde, Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral, IMAL, CONICET-UNL, Santa Fe, Argentina.,Departamento de Matemática, Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Juliano JM, Spicer RP, Vourvopoulos A, Lefebvre S, Jann K, Ard T, Santarnecchi E, Krum DM, Liew SL. Embodiment Is Related to Better Performance on a Brain-Computer Interface in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Pilot Study. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E1204. [PMID: 32098317 PMCID: PMC7070491 DOI: 10.3390/s20041204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for motor rehabilitation aim to "close the loop" between attempted motor commands and sensory feedback by providing supplemental information when individuals successfully achieve specific brain patterns. Existing EEG-based BCIs use various displays to provide feedback, ranging from displays considered more immersive (e.g., head-mounted display virtual reality (HMD-VR)) to displays considered less immersive (e.g., computer screens). However, it is not clear whether more immersive displays improve neurofeedback performance and whether there are individual performance differences in HMD-VR versus screen-based neurofeedback. In this pilot study, we compared neurofeedback performance in HMD-VR versus a computer screen in 12 healthy individuals and examined whether individual differences on two measures (i.e., presence, embodiment) were related to neurofeedback performance in either environment. We found that, while participants' performance on the BCI was similar between display conditions, the participants' reported levels of embodiment were significantly different. Specifically, participants experienced higher levels of embodiment in HMD-VR compared to a computer screen. We further found that reported levels of embodiment positively correlated with neurofeedback performance only in HMD-VR. Overall, these preliminary results suggest that embodiment may relate to better performance on EEG-based BCIs and that HMD-VR may increase embodiment compared to computer screens.
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- Julia M. Juliano
- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA;
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- Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, Playa Vista, CA 90094, USA; (R.P.S.); (D.M.K.)
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; (A.V.); (S.L.)
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; (A.V.); (S.L.)
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- USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; (K.J.); (T.A.)
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- USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; (K.J.); (T.A.)
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- Berenson-Allen Center for Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and Division of Cognitive Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA;
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- Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, Playa Vista, CA 90094, USA; (R.P.S.); (D.M.K.)
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- Neural Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; (A.V.); (S.L.)
- USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; (K.J.); (T.A.)
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Analysis of a Low-Cost EEG Monitoring System and Dry Electrodes toward Clinical Use in the Neonatal ICU. SENSORS 2019; 19:s19112637. [PMID: 31212613 PMCID: PMC6603568 DOI: 10.3390/s19112637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Electroencephalography (EEG) is an important clinical tool for monitoring neurological health. However, the required equipment, expertise, and patient preparation inhibits its use outside of tertiary care. Non-experts struggle to obtain high-quality EEG due to its low amplitude and artefact susceptibility. Wet electrodes are currently used, which require abrasive/conductive gels to reduce skin-electrode impedance. Advances in dry electrodes, which do not require gels, have simplified this process. However, the assessment of dry electrodes on neonates is limited due to health and safety barriers. This study presents a simulation framework for assessing the quality of EEG systems using a neonatal EEG database, without the use of human participants. The framework is used to evaluate a low-cost EEG acquisition system and compare performance of wet and dry (Micro Transdermal Interface Platforms (MicroTIPs), g.tec-g.SAHARA) electrodes using accurately acquired impedance models. A separate experiment assessing the electrodes on adult participants was conducted to verify the simulation framework’s efficacy. Dry electrodes have higher impedance than wet electrodes, causing a reduction in signal quality. However, MicroTIPs perform comparably to wet electrodes at the frontal region and g.tec-g.SAHARA performs well at the occipital region. Using the simulation framework, a 25dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was obtained for the low-cost EEG system. The tests on adults closely matched the simulated results.
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A Feature Extraction Method Based on Differential Entropy and Linear Discriminant Analysis for Emotion Recognition. SENSORS 2019; 19:s19071631. [PMID: 30959760 PMCID: PMC6479375 DOI: 10.3390/s19071631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Feature extraction of electroencephalography (EEG) signals plays a significant role in the wearable computing field. Due to the practical applications of EEG emotion calculation, researchers often use edge calculation to reduce data transmission times, however, as EEG involves a large amount of data, determining how to effectively extract features and reduce the amount of calculation is still the focus of abundant research. Researchers have proposed many EEG feature extraction methods. However, these methods have problems such as high time complexity and insufficient precision. The main purpose of this paper is to introduce an innovative method for obtaining reliable distinguishing features from EEG signals. This feature extraction method combines differential entropy with Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) that can be applied in feature extraction of emotional EEG signals. We use a three-category sentiment EEG dataset to conduct experiments. The experimental results show that the proposed feature extraction method can significantly improve the performance of the EEG classification: Compared with the result of the original dataset, the average accuracy increases by 68%, which is 7% higher than the result obtained when only using differential entropy in feature extraction. The total execution time shows that the proposed method has a lower time complexity.
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Zhang Y, Zhang X, Sun H, Fan Z, Zhong X. Portable brain-computer interface based on novel convolutional neural network. Comput Biol Med 2019; 107:248-256. [PMID: 30856388 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2019.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Electroencephalography (EEG) is a powerful, noninvasive tool that provides a high temporal resolution to directly reflect brain activities. Conventional electrodes require skin preparation and the use of conductive gels, while subjects must wear uncomfortable EEG hats. These procedures usually create a challenge for subjects. In the present study, we propose a portable EEG signal acquisition system. This study consists of two main parts: 1) A novel, portable dry-electrode and wireless brain-computer interface is designed. The EEG signal acquisition board is based on 24 bit, analog-to-digital converters chip and wireless microprocessor unit. The wireless portable brain computer interface device acquires an EEG signal comfortably, and the EEG signals are transmitted to a personal computer via Bluetooth. 2) A convolutional neural network (CNN) classification algorithm is implemented to classify the motor imagery (MI) experiment using novel feature 3-dimension input. The time dimension was reshaped to represent the first and second dimension, and the frequency band was used as the third dimension. Specifically, frequency domain representations of EEG signals obtained via wavelet package decomposition (WPD) are obtained to train CNN. The classification performance in terms of the value of kappa is 0.564 for the proposed method. The t-test results show that the performance improvement of CNN over other selected state-of-the-art methods is statistically significant. Our results show that the proposed design is reliable in measuring EEG signals, and the 3D CNN provides better classification performance than other method for MI experiments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yu Zhang
- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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An EEG Experimental Study Evaluating the Performance of Texas Instruments ADS1299. SENSORS 2018; 18:s18113721. [PMID: 30388836 PMCID: PMC6263632 DOI: 10.3390/s18113721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Texas Instruments ADS1299 is an attractive choice for low cost electroencephalography (EEG) devices owing to its low power consumption and low input referred noise. To date, there have been no rigorous evaluations of its performance. In this EEG experimental study we evaluated the performance of the ADS1299 against a high quality laboratory-based system. Two self-paced lower limb motor tasks were performed by 22 healthy participants. Recorded power across delta, theta, alpha, and beta EEG bands, the power ratio across the motor tasks, pre-movement noise, and signal-to-noise ratio were obtained for evaluation. The amplitude and time of the negative peak in the movement-related cortical potentials (MRCPs) extracted from the EEG data were also obtained. Using linear mixed models, no statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) were found in any of these measures across the two systems. These findings were further supported by evaluation of cosine similarity, waveform differences, and topographic maps. There were statistically significant differences in MRCPs across the motor tasks in both systems. We conclude that the performance of the ADS1299 in combination with wet Ag/AgCl electrodes is analogous to that of a laboratory-based system in a low frequency (<40 Hz) EEG recording.
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