Mehrdad Kashefi1, Mohammad Reza Daliri2. 1. Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research Lab., Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. 2. Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research Lab., Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. daliri@iust.ac.ir.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) translate the activity of the nervous system to a control signal which is interpretable for an external device. Using continuous motor BCIs, the user will be able to control a robotic arm or a disabled limb continuously. In addition to decoding the target position, accurate decoding of force amplitude is essential for designing BCI systems capable of performing fine movements like grasping. In this study, we proposed a stack Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network which was able to accurately predict the force amplitude applied by three freely moving rats using their Local Field Potential (LFP) signal. RESULTS: The performance of the network was compared with the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The average coefficient of correlation (r) for three rats were 0.67 in PLS and 0.73 in LSTM based network and the coefficient of determination ([Formula: see text]) were 0.45 and 0.54 for PLS and LSTM based network, respectively. The network was able to accurately decode the force values without explicitly using time lags in the input features. Additionally, the proposed method was able to predict zero-force values very accurately due to benefiting from an output nonlinearity. CONCLUSION: The proposed stack LSTM structure was able to predict applied force from the LFP signal accurately. In addition to higher accuracy, these results were achieved without explicitly using time lags in input features which can lead to more accurate and faster BCI systems.
BACKGROUND: Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) translate the activity of the nervous system to a control signal which is interpretable for an external device. Using continuous motor BCIs, the user will be able to control a robotic arm or a disabled limb continuously. In addition to decoding the target position, accurate decoding of force amplitude is essential for designing BCI systems capable of performing fine movements like grasping. In this study, we proposed a stack Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network which was able to accurately predict the force amplitude applied by three freely moving rats using their Local Field Potential (LFP) signal. RESULTS: The performance of the network was compared with the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The average coefficient of correlation (r) for three rats were 0.67 in PLS and 0.73 in LSTM based network and the coefficient of determination ([Formula: see text]) were 0.45 and 0.54 for PLS and LSTM based network, respectively. The network was able to accurately decode the force values without explicitly using time lags in the input features. Additionally, the proposed method was able to predict zero-force values very accurately due to benefiting from an output nonlinearity. CONCLUSION: The proposed stack LSTM structure was able to predict applied force from the LFP signal accurately. In addition to higher accuracy, these results were achieved without explicitly using time lags in input features which can lead to more accurate and faster BCI systems.
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