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=== Project name ===
 
=== Project name ===
Mu and beta rhythm-based BCI
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Control of a two-dimensional movement signal by a noninvasive BCI
  
 
=== Project short description ===
 
=== Project short description ===
The aim of this project is to design and develop a Brain-Computer Interface in order to control a two-dimensional movement signal. A non-invasive approach will be adopted, using EEG as a signal source and Mu and Beta rhythms over sensorimotor cortex as information carriers.
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The aim of this project is to design and develop a Brain-Computer Interface in order to control a two-dimensional movement signal, as done at the Wadsworth Center (Wolpaw and McFarland, 2004). A non-invasive approach will be adopted, using EEG as a signal source and Mu and Beta rhythms over sensorimotor cortex as information carriers.
  
 
=== Dates ===
 
=== Dates ===
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== '''Part 2: project description''' ==
 
== '''Part 2: project description''' ==
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The main purpose of this project is to implement the BCI algorithms used at the Wadsworth Center and proposed by J.R.Wolpaw and D.J.McFarland in their 2004 paper. In that experiment, subjects were able to control the position of a cursor on the screen by appropriately modifying the amplitude of their Mu and Beta rhythms.
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=== The study protocol ===
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While the subject sat in front of the screen, EEG data from 64 electrodes on the scalp were recorded, bandpass filtered (0.1Hz - 60Hz) and digitized at 160Hz. At the beginning of a trial, a target appeared at one of eight possible locations along the edges of the screen, in a block-randomized fashion. One second later, the cursor appeared in the center of the screen and began to move around according to the EEG activity. The movement lasted for 10 seconds (or less if the cursor reached the target before), then there was one second of blank screen and another trial began.
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A session is composed of eight 3-minutes runs, separated by 1 minute breaks.
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=== Control of cursor movement ===
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The position of the cursor was updated every 50ms. The movement amount depended from Mu and Beta amplitudes in the right and left emispheres (the selection of precise Mu and Beta bands was based on previous experiments on the subjects).
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Last 400ms of signal data from electrodes C3 and C4 went through autoregressive frequency analysis to determine the spectral features; movement in vertical and horizontal directions was calculated as:
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Mv = av (wrv*Rv + wlv*Lv + bv)
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Mh = ah (wrh*Rh + wlh*Lh + bh)
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where Rv, Lv, Rh, Lh are right and left Mu and Beta amplitudes, wij are weight factors adaptively selected (see below), and av, bv, ah, bh are normalizing factors.
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=== Adaptation algorithm ===
  
 
(coming soon)
 
(coming soon)

Revision as of 13:06, 6 October 2009

Part 1: project profile

Project name

Control of a two-dimensional movement signal by a noninvasive BCI

Project short description

The aim of this project is to design and develop a Brain-Computer Interface in order to control a two-dimensional movement signal, as done at the Wadsworth Center (Wolpaw and McFarland, 2004). A non-invasive approach will be adopted, using EEG as a signal source and Mu and Beta rhythms over sensorimotor cortex as information carriers.

Dates

Start date: 2008/04/01

End date:

People involved

Project head(s)

Matteo Matteucci

Other Politecnico di Milano people

Rossella Blatt

Students currently working on the project

Stefano Morciano

Laboratory work and risk analysis

Laboratory work for this project will be mainly performed at AIRLab/Lambrate. The main laboratory activity will be the EEG data acquisition. Though apparently safe, the contact between the subject's body and the EEG instrumentation makes this activity potentially harmful. For safety's sake any electronic device connected to the system should be isolated from the power line. In addition to this, more general risks are present in the laboratory. Standard safety measures described in Safety norms will be followed.

Part 2: project description

The main purpose of this project is to implement the BCI algorithms used at the Wadsworth Center and proposed by J.R.Wolpaw and D.J.McFarland in their 2004 paper. In that experiment, subjects were able to control the position of a cursor on the screen by appropriately modifying the amplitude of their Mu and Beta rhythms.

The study protocol

While the subject sat in front of the screen, EEG data from 64 electrodes on the scalp were recorded, bandpass filtered (0.1Hz - 60Hz) and digitized at 160Hz. At the beginning of a trial, a target appeared at one of eight possible locations along the edges of the screen, in a block-randomized fashion. One second later, the cursor appeared in the center of the screen and began to move around according to the EEG activity. The movement lasted for 10 seconds (or less if the cursor reached the target before), then there was one second of blank screen and another trial began.

A session is composed of eight 3-minutes runs, separated by 1 minute breaks.

Control of cursor movement

The position of the cursor was updated every 50ms. The movement amount depended from Mu and Beta amplitudes in the right and left emispheres (the selection of precise Mu and Beta bands was based on previous experiments on the subjects).

Last 400ms of signal data from electrodes C3 and C4 went through autoregressive frequency analysis to determine the spectral features; movement in vertical and horizontal directions was calculated as:

Mv = av (wrv*Rv + wlv*Lv + bv)

Mh = ah (wrh*Rh + wlh*Lh + bh)

where Rv, Lv, Rh, Lh are right and left Mu and Beta amplitudes, wij are weight factors adaptively selected (see below), and av, bv, ah, bh are normalizing factors.

Adaptation algorithm

(coming soon)