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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 698, Issue -, Pages 113-120Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.12.045
Keywords
Electroencephalography (EEG); Brain computer interfaces (BCIs); Time-frequency distribution; Finger movements; Support vector machines
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- Scientific Research Support Fund of Jordan [ENG/1/9/2015]
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Decoding the movements of different fingers within the same hand can increase the control's dimensions of the electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain-computer interface (BCI) systems. This in turn enables the subjects who are using assistive devices to better perform various dexterous tasks. However, decoding the movements performed by different fingers within the same hand by analyzing the EEG signals is considered a challenging task. In this paper, we present a new EEG-based BCI system for decoding the movements of each finger within the same hand based on analyzing the EEG signals using a quadratic time-frequency distribution (QTFD), namely the Choi-William distribution (CWD). In particular, the CWD is employed to characterize the time-varying spectral components of the EEG signals and extract features that can capture movement-related information encapsulated within the EEG signals. The extracted CWD-based features are used to build a two-layer classification framework that decodes finger movements within the same hand. The performance of the proposed system is evaluated by recording the EEG signals for eighteen healthy subjects while performing twelve finger movements using their right hands. The results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed system to decode finger movements within the same hand of each subject.
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