A Study of Frontal Signals in Brain Computer Interfaces: Interpretation of EEG &amp; FNIRS

Near Infrared ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Computer Interfaces ◽

Rehabilitation Devices

This paper focuses on electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) comparison to help the rehabilitation patients. Both methods have unique techniques and placement of electrodes. Usage of signals are different in application based on the economic conditions. This study helps in choosing the signal for the betterment of analysis. Ten healthy subject datasets of EEG & FNIRS are taken and applied to plot topography separately. Accuracy, Sensitivity, peaks, integral areas, etc are compared and plotted. The main advantages of this study are to prompt their necessities in the analysis of rehabilitation devices to manage their life as a typical individual.

Low-Cost Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Applied on Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)

XXVI Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering - IFMBE Proceedings ◽

10.1007/978-981-13-2119-1_76 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 495-500

Author(s):

E. A. B. Santos ◽

R. J. R. S. Lucena ◽

E. G. Lima ◽

Lucas T. Lins ◽

M. A. B. Rodrigues

Keyword(s):

Infrared Spectroscopy ◽

Near Infrared ◽

Low Cost ◽

Cost Functional ◽

Computer Interfaces

Shedding light on the prefrontal correlates of mental workload in simulated driving: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-80477-w ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Christoph F. Geissler ◽

Jörn Schneider ◽

Christian Frings

Keyword(s):

Infrared Spectroscopy ◽

Near Infrared ◽

Spatial Information ◽

Mental Workload ◽

Middle Frontal Gyrus ◽

Computer Interfaces ◽

The Right

AbstractOptimal mental workload plays a key role in driving performance. Thus, driver-assisting systems that automatically adapt to a drivers current mental workload via brain–computer interfacing might greatly contribute to traffic safety. To design economic brain computer interfaces that do not compromise driver comfort, it is necessary to identify brain areas that are most sensitive to mental workload changes. In this study, we used functional near-infrared spectroscopy and subjective ratings to measure mental workload in two virtual driving environments with distinct demands. We found that demanding city environments induced both higher subjective workload ratings as well as higher bilateral middle frontal gyrus activation than less demanding country environments. A further analysis with higher spatial resolution revealed a center of activation in the right anterior dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. The area is highly involved in spatial working memory processing. Thus, a main component of drivers’ mental workload in complex surroundings might stem from the fact that large amounts of spatial information about the course of the road as well as other road users has to constantly be upheld, processed and updated. We propose that the right middle frontal gyrus might be a suitable region for the application of powerful small-area brain computer interfaces.

Corrigendum to “Classification of brain hemodynamic signals arising from visual action observation tasks for brain–computer interfaces: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study” [Measurement 49 (2014) 320–328]

Measurement ◽

10.1016/j.measurement.2014.05.001 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 297

Author(s):

Berdakh Abibullaev ◽

Jinung An ◽

Sang-Hyeon Jin ◽

Jeon Il Moon

Keyword(s):

Infrared Spectroscopy ◽

Near Infrared ◽

Action Observation ◽

Spectroscopy Study ◽

Computer Interfaces

Subject-Independent Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-Based Brain–Computer Interfaces Based on Convolutional Neural Networks

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ◽

10.3389/fnhum.2021.646915 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

Author(s):

Jinuk Kwon ◽

Chang-Hwan Im

Keyword(s):

Infrared Spectroscopy ◽

Classification Accuracy ◽

Near Infrared ◽

Linear Discriminant ◽

Average Classification Accuracy ◽

Computer Interfaces ◽

Individual Calibration

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has attracted increasing attention in the field of brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) owing to their advantages such as non-invasiveness, user safety, affordability, and portability. However, fNIRS signals are highly subject-specific and have low test-retest reliability. Therefore, individual calibration sessions need to be employed before each use of fNIRS-based BCI to achieve a sufficiently high performance for practical BCI applications. In this study, we propose a novel deep convolutional neural network (CNN)-based approach for implementing a subject-independent fNIRS-based BCI. A total of 18 participants performed the fNIRS-based BCI experiments, where the main goal of the experiments was to distinguish a mental arithmetic task from an idle state task. Leave-one-subject-out cross-validation was employed to evaluate the average classification accuracy of the proposed subject-independent fNIRS-based BCI. As a result, the average classification accuracy of the proposed method was reported to be 71.20 ± 8.74%, which was higher than the threshold accuracy for effective BCI communication (70%) as well as that obtained using conventional shrinkage linear discriminant analysis (65.74 ± 7.68%). To achieve a classification accuracy comparable to that of the proposed subject-independent fNIRS-based BCI, 24 training trials (of approximately 12 min) were necessary for the traditional subject-dependent fNIRS-based BCI. It is expected that our CNN-based approach would reduce the necessity of long-term individual calibration sessions, thereby enhancing the practicality of fNIRS-based BCIs significantly.