Discriminative methods for classification of asynchronous imaginary motor tasks from EEG data

Delgado Saa, Jaime Fernando and Çetin, Müjdat (2013) Discriminative methods for classification of asynchronous imaginary motor tasks from EEG data. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 21 (5). pp. 716-724. ISSN 1534-4320 (Print) 1558-0210 (Online)

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Abstract

In this work, two methods based on statistical models that take into account the temporal changes in the electroencephalographic (EEG) signal are proposed for asynchronous brain-computer interfaces (BCI) based on imaginary motor tasks. Unlike the current approaches to asynchronous BCI systems that make use of windowed versions of the EEG data combined with static classifiers, the methods proposed here are based on discriminative models that allow sequential labeling of data. In particular, the two methods we propose for asynchronous BCI are based on conditional random fields (CRFs) and latent dynamic CRFs (LDCRFs), respectively. We describe how the asynchronous BCI problem can be posed as a classification problem based on CRFs or LDCRFs, by defining appropriate random variables and their relationships. CRF allows modeling the extrinsic dynamics of data, making it possible to model the transitions between classes, which in this context correspond to distinct tasks in an asynchronous BCI system. On the other hand, LDCRF goes beyond this approach by incorporating latent variables that permit modeling the intrinsic structure for each class and at the same time allows modeling extrinsic dynamics. We apply our proposed methods on the publicly available BCI competition III dataset V as well as a data set recorded in our laboratory. Results obtained are compared to the top algorithm in the BCI competition as well as to methods based on hierarchical hidden Markov models (HHMMs), hierarchical hidden CRF (HHCRF), neural networks based on particle swarm optimization (IPSONN) and to a recently proposed approach based on neural networks and fuzzy theory, the S-dFasArt. Our experimental analysis demonstrates the improvements provided by our proposed methods in terms of classification accuracy.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Brain-computer interface (BCI); brain states; conditional random fields (CRFs); discriminative models; imaginary motor tasks; sensorimotor rhythms; sequential labeling
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Electronics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Müjdat Çetin
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2014 16:25
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2019 15:48
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/23463

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