A functional source separation algorithm to enhance error-related potentials monitoring in noninvasive brain-computer interface

Francesco Ferracuti, Valentina Casadei, Ilaria Marcantoni, Sabrina Iarlori, Laura Burattini, Andrea Monteriù, Camillo Porcaro

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Abstract

Background and objectives
An Error related Potential (ErrP) can be noninvasively and directly measured from the scalp through electroencephalography (EEG), as response, when a person realizes they are making an error during a task (as a consequence of a cognitive error performed from the user). It has been shown that ErrPs can be automatically detected with time-discrete feedback tasks, which are widely applied in the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) field for error correction or adaptation. In this work, a semi-supervised algorithm, namely the Functional Source Separation (FSS), is proposed to estimate a spatial filter for learning the ErrPs and to enhance the evoked potentials.

Methods
EEG data recorded on six subjects were used to evaluate the proposed method based on FFS algorithm in comparison with the xDAWN algorithm. FSS- and xDAWN-based methods were compared also to the Cz and FCz single channel. Single-trial classification was considered to evaluate the performances of the approaches. (Both the approaches were evaluated on single-trial classification of EEGs.)

Results
The results presented using the Bayesian Linear Discriminant Analysis (BLDA) classifier, show that FSS (accuracy 0.92, sensitivity 0.95, specificity 0.81, F1-score 0.95) overcomes the other methods (Cz - accuracy 0.72, sensitivity 0.74, specificity 0.63, F1-score 0.74; FCz - accuracy 0.72, sensitivity 0.75, specificity 0.61, F1-score 0.75; xDAWN - accuracy 0.75, sensitivity 0.79, specificity 0.61, F1-score 0.79) in terms of single-trial classification.

Conclusions
The proposed FSS-based method increases the single-trial detection accuracy of ErrPs with respect to both single channel (Cz, FCz) and xDAWN spatial filter.
Original languageEnglish
Article number105419
Number of pages12
JournalComputer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
Volume191
Early online date27 Feb 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2020

Keywords

  • P300
  • brain computer interface (BCI)
  • electroencephalography (EEG)
  • error-related potential (ErrP)
  • functional source separation (FSS)
  • spatial filter

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