This work addresses the adoption of Machine Learning classifiers and Convolutional Neural Networks to improve the performance of highly wearable, single-channel instrumentation for Brain-Computer Interfaces. The proposed measurement system is based on the classification of Steady-State Visually Evoked Potentials (SSVEPs). In particular, Head-Mounted Displays for Augmented Reality are used to generate and display the flickering stimuli for the SSVEPs elicitation. Four experiments were conducted by employing, in turn, a different Head-Mounted Display. For each experiment, two different algorithms were applied and compared with the state-of-the-art-techniques. Furthermore, the impact of different Augmented Reality technologies in the elicitation and classification of SSVEPs was also explored. The experimental metrological characterization demonstrates (i) that the proposed Machine Learning-based processing strategies provide a significant enhancement of the SSVEP classification accuracy with respect to the state of the art, and (ii) that choosing an adequate Head-Mounted Display is crucial to obtain acceptable performance. Finally, it is also shown that the adoption of inter-subjective validation strategies such as the Leave-One-Subject-Out Cross Validation successfully leads to an increase in the inter-individual 1-σ reproducibility: this, in turn, anticipates an easier development of ready-to-use systems.

Enhancement of SSVEPs Classification in BCI-based Wearable Instrumentation Through Machine Learning Techniques / Apicella, A.; Arpaia, P.; Benedetto, E. D.; Donato, N.; Duraccio, L.; Giugliano, S.; Prevete, R.. - In: IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL. - ISSN 1530-437X. - ELETTRONICO. - 22:9(2022), pp. 9087-9094. [10.1109/JSEN.2022.3161743]

Enhancement of SSVEPs Classification in BCI-based Wearable Instrumentation Through Machine Learning Techniques

Duraccio L.;
2022

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This work addresses the adoption of Machine Learning classifiers and Convolutional Neural Networks to improve the performance of highly wearable, single-channel instrumentation for Brain-Computer Interfaces. The proposed measurement system is based on the classification of Steady-State Visually Evoked Potentials (SSVEPs). In particular, Head-Mounted Displays for Augmented Reality are used to generate and display the flickering stimuli for the SSVEPs elicitation. Four experiments were conducted by employing, in turn, a different Head-Mounted Display. For each experiment, two different algorithms were applied and compared with the state-of-the-art-techniques. Furthermore, the impact of different Augmented Reality technologies in the elicitation and classification of SSVEPs was also explored. The experimental metrological characterization demonstrates (i) that the proposed Machine Learning-based processing strategies provide a significant enhancement of the SSVEP classification accuracy with respect to the state of the art, and (ii) that choosing an adequate Head-Mounted Display is crucial to obtain acceptable performance. Finally, it is also shown that the adoption of inter-subjective validation strategies such as the Leave-One-Subject-Out Cross Validation successfully leads to an increase in the inter-individual 1-σ reproducibility: this, in turn, anticipates an easier development of ready-to-use systems.
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