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Optimization of EEG-based imaginary motion classification using majority-voting

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

5-10-2017

Publication Title

IEEE SoutheastCon 2017 Proceedings

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2017.7925328

Abstract

Electroencephalography is widely used to record neural activity with electrodes positioned at specific locations on a human scalp. These recorded signals are interfaced with a computer which is referred to as noninvasive Brain Computer Interface (BCI). An important application of this technology is to help facilitate the lives of the tetraplegic through assimilating human brain impulses and converting them into mechanical motion. However, BCI systems are remarkably challenging to implement as recorded brain signals can be unreliable and vary in pattern throughout time. In this paper, a novel classifier structure is proposed to classify different types of imaginary motions (left hand, right hand, and imagination of words starting with the same letter) across multiple sessions using an optimized set of electrodes for each user. The proposed technique uses raw brain signals obtained utilizing 32 electrodes and classifies the imaginary motions using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). To enhance the classification rate and optimize the set of electrodes of each subject, a majority voting system combining a set of simple ANNs is used. This electrode optimization technique achieved classification accuracies of 69.83%, 94.04% and 84.56% respectively for the three subjects considered in this study.

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Georgia Southern University faculty members, Rami J. Haddad and Mohammad Ahad co-authored "Optimization of EEG-based imaginary motion classification using majority-voting."

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