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Brain-Computer Interface: The HOL-SSA Decomposition and Two-Phase Classification on the HGD EEG Data
Mary Judith Antony1, Baghavathi Priya Sankaralingam2, Shakir Khan3,4
1Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Panimalar College of Engineering, Chennai 600123, India.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
|September 9, 2023
Summary
This study introduces an improved method for cleaning electroencephalogram (EEG) signals used in Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI). The approach effectively removes artifacts like EOG, ECG, and EMG, enhancing brain signal identification accuracy.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Signal Processing
- Biomedical Engineering
Background:
- Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) are complex: nonlinear, nonstationary, and time-varying.
- Artifacts from sources like electrooculogram (EOG), electrocardiogram (ECG), and electromyogram (EMG) significantly hinder the interpretation of EEG data.
- Accurate identification and artifact removal are crucial for reliable BCI applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an efficient preprocessing approach for EEG signals to improve identification accuracy.
- To effectively reject artifacts from EEG data while preserving vital brain activity.
- To validate a novel artifact removal technique using a real-world dataset.
Main Methods:
- Integration of Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) and Independent Component Analysis (ICA) for EEG data preprocessing.
- Utilized Higher-Order Linear-Moment-based SSA (HOL-SSA) for decomposing EEG signals into multivariate components.
- Employed Online Recursive ICA (ORICA) for extracting source signals and enhancing artifact rejection.
Main Results:
- The proposed HOL-SSA and ORICA method demonstrated effective identification and removal of common artifacts (EOG, ECG, EMG) from EEG signals.
- The approach successfully preserved essential brain activity during artifact removal.
- Experimental validation on the motor imagery High-Gamma Dataset confirmed the method's efficacy.
Conclusions:
- The combined HOL-SSA and ORICA approach offers a robust solution for EEG artifact rejection in BCI.
- This method enhances the accuracy of brain signal identification by mitigating interference from non-brain sources.
- The findings support the use of this integrated technique for improving the performance of BCI systems.
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