Atieh Bamdadian1, Cuntai Guan2, Kai Keng Ang3, Jianxin Xu4. 1. Institute for Infocomm Research (I(2)R), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #21-01 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore. Electronic address: stuab@i2r.a-star.edu.sg. 2. Institute for Infocomm Research (I(2)R), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #21-01 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore. Electronic address: ctguan@i2r.a-star.edu.sg. 3. Institute for Infocomm Research (I(2)R), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, #21-01 Connexis, Singapore 138632, Singapore. Electronic address: kkang@i2r.a-star.edu.sg. 4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore. Electronic address: elexujx@nus.edu.sg.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: One of the main issues in motor imagery-based (MI-based) brain-computer interface (BCI) systems is a large variation in the classification performance of BCI users. However, the exact reason of low performance of some users is still under investigation. Having some prior knowledge about the performance of users may be helpful in understanding possible reasons of performance variations. NEW METHOD: In this study a novel coefficient from pre-cue EEG rhythms is proposed. The proposed coefficient is computed from the spectral power of pre-cue EEG data for specific rhythms over different regions of the brain. The feasibility of predicting the classification performance of the MI-based BCI users from the proposed coefficient is investigated. RESULTS: Group level analysis on N=17 healthy subjects showed that there is a significant correlation r=0.53 (p=0.02) between the proposed coefficient and the cross-validation accuracies of the subjects in performing MI. The results showed that subjects with higher cross-validation accuracies have yielded significantly higher values of the proposed coefficient and vice versa. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS: In comparison with other previous predictors, this coefficient captures spatial information from the brain in addition to spectral information. CONCLUSION: The result of using the proposed coefficient suggests that having higher frontal theta and lower posterior alpha prior to performing MI may enhance the BCI classification performance. This finding reveals prospect of designing a novel experiment to prepare the user towards improved motor imagery performance.
BACKGROUND: One of the main issues in motor imagery-based (MI-based) brain-computer interface (BCI) systems is a large variation in the classification performance of BCI users. However, the exact reason of low performance of some users is still under investigation. Having some prior knowledge about the performance of users may be helpful in understanding possible reasons of performance variations. NEW METHOD: In this study a novel coefficient from pre-cue EEG rhythms is proposed. The proposed coefficient is computed from the spectral power of pre-cue EEG data for specific rhythms over different regions of the brain. The feasibility of predicting the classification performance of the MI-based BCI users from the proposed coefficient is investigated. RESULTS: Group level analysis on N=17 healthy subjects showed that there is a significant correlation r=0.53 (p=0.02) between the proposed coefficient and the cross-validation accuracies of the subjects in performing MI. The results showed that subjects with higher cross-validation accuracies have yielded significantly higher values of the proposed coefficient and vice versa. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS: In comparison with other previous predictors, this coefficient captures spatial information from the brain in addition to spectral information. CONCLUSION: The result of using the proposed coefficient suggests that having higher frontal theta and lower posterior alpha prior to performing MI may enhance the BCI classification performance. This finding reveals prospect of designing a novel experiment to prepare the user towards improved motor imagery performance.
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