多类运动想象脑电信号特征提取与分类

针对多类运动想象情况下存在的脑电信号识别正确率比较低的问题,提出了一种将小波包方差,小波包熵和共同空间模式相结合的脑电信号特征提取,输入到支持向量机达到分类目的。首先选择小波包去噪后重要导联的脑电信号,进行小波包分解;然后对通道优化选取的重要导联的每个通道信号计算方差和熵值,对重要导联的每个通道信号的子带系数进行重构后,进行共同空间模式特征提取;最后结合2种不同导联方式所获取的特征向量进行分类。采用BCI2005desc_IIIa中l1b数据,该算法的分类正确率最高达到88.75%,相对2种单一的提取方法分别提高28.27%和6.55%。结果表明该算法能够有效提取特征向量,进而改善多类识别正确率较低的问题。     

基于多类运动想象任务的EEG信号分类研究

针对多类运动想象脑电信号个体差异性强和分类正确率比较低的问题,提出了一种时-空-频域相结合的脑电信号分析方法：首先利用小波包对EEG原始信号进行分解,根据EEG信号的频域分布提取出运动想象脑电节律,通过“一对多”共空间模式（CSP）算法对不同运动想象任务的脑电节律进行空间滤波提取特征;然后将特征向量输入到“一对多”模式下的支持向量机（SVM）中,并利用判断决策函数值的方法对SVM的输出结果进行融合;最后通过引入时间窗对脑电信号进行时域滤波,消除运动想象开始和结束时脑电的波动,进一步提高信号信噪比和算法的分类效果。实验结果显示：在时间窗为2s时,平均最大 系数达到了0.72,比脑机接口竞赛第一名提高了0.15,验证了该算法能够有效减小脑电信号个体差异性影响,提高多类识别正确率。     

下肢负重外骨骼机器人的初步设计

研究设计了一种能够增强人体负重的下肢外骨骼机器人,该负重外骨骼机器人具有8个自由度,可实现髋关节的外展与内收、屈/伸运动;膝关节的屈/伸运动以及踝关节的弯曲运动。根据人体步态分析研究出各个关节的运动角度范围,结合目标负重进行结构优化设计。对机器人的结构进行简化,建立了外骨骼机器人的连杆模型,根据其几何关系,采用D-H准则对外骨骼机器人进行了数学建模。以计算机、六轴运动控制卡和STM32为核心构建了控制系统,结合ZMP(Zero Moment Point)零力矩点稳定性判据及三次样条插值进行了步态规划,并将此步态规划应用于样机上。样机实验结果表明,此结构能够满足不同体型的人进行穿戴,并能够根据规划的步态轻松行走,验证了其结构和控制系统的合理性。     

基于自适应无参经验小波变换和选择集成分类模型的运动想象

运动想象模式识别率的提高对脑机接口(BCI)技术的应用具有重要意义,本文采用自适应无参经验小波变换(APEWT)和选择集成分类模型相结合的方法提高脑电(EEG)信号的分类识别准确率.首先,通过APEWT将EEG信号分解成不同的模态;然后,使用最优模态重构后的信号计算其能量谱(ES)特征,使用最优模态分量计算其边际谱(MS)特征;最后,将不同时间段的ES特征和不同频段的MS特征输入到构建的选择集成分类模型中,从而得到其分类结果,并将该方法与其他4种组合方法进行比较.实验结果表明,本文方法具有较好分类准确率和实时性,其平均分类正确率高于其他4种方法,同时较近期使用相同数据的文献也有优势.本文为在线运动想象类BCI的应用提供了新的方法和思路.     

士兵可穿戴下肢外骨骼机器人多元感知方法研究

下肢外骨骼机器人是一种可穿戴且融合了多种机器人技术的复杂人-机系统。它将人类的智慧与机器人强壮的能力有效地结合起来,最大限度地提高人体的机动力和耐力,这为提升单兵作战系统的能力创造了条件。鉴于下肢外骨骼机器人在作战、后勤保障时可能遇到的复杂地形、多变随机的任务等,仅通过基于既定的典型步态规划程序驱动执行已知的特定动作,难以保证人机间的耦合性和动作的高随意性切换。为此,模拟并提炼出士兵常见的六种下肢动作作为后续研究,然后分析了下肢外骨骼机器人的感知控制原理,并提出了基于脑电预判感知、肌电精确感知和光纤实时校正的多信息融合的感知方法,强调将人的智能参与到机器人控制中,以期推进士兵可穿戴下肢外骨骼机器人的实用化。     

基于支持向量机的外骨骼机器人灵敏度放大控制

为了准确控制外骨骼机器人跟随人体运动,需要建立其动态、精确的数学模型;人体下肢外骨骼是一个多自由度、强耦合以及非线性的多连杆系统,难以建立准确的运动学和动力学模型;文章使用三维运动捕捉与空间定位系统,获取实际人体运动参数(运动学与动力学),应用支持向量机(SVM)学习人体下肢外骨骼的数学模型;基于该模型构造基于支持向量机模型的灵敏度放大控制方法;文章使用MATLAB和LIBSVM建立外骨骼下肢机器人的数学模型,并进行仿真分析;仿真结果表明基于SVM的模型学习方法,能够准确计算出人体下肢外骨骼的动力学模型,并简化建模过程;基于SVM的灵敏度放大控制,能够有效计算出人体下肢外骨骼各关节(髋关节、膝关节、踝关节)的输出力矩,并控制外骨骼机器人跟随人体运动。     

基于小波变换的人体步态序列提取

将小波变换用于处理人体行走时产生的加速度信号.利用离散小波变换的多尺度、多分辨率特性对原始加速度信号进行尺度分解,在对小波基以及分解尺度进行合理选取后准确地从加速度信号中提取出隐藏的步态节律.与利用阈值法直接对原始加速度信号提取峰值的算法比较后发现：利用小波分解得到与步态节律相关的特征尺度后再进行峰值检测能显著地提高信号峰值的检出率;即使当原始信号存在较严重的噪声干扰时,该方法也能保证所提取出的步态序列的准确性.这对于步态序列的后续分析具有至关重要的意义.研究表明,离散小波变换是一种有效的提取步态节律的方 关键词： 小波变换 步态序列 峰值检测 特征尺度     

基于分块DCT变换编码的小波域多幅图像融合算法

提出了一种利用DCT变换和小波变换的特征层图像融合算法.其基本思想是先对多幅源图像进行分块DCT变换,选取较大方差对应的变换系数,将图像压缩为原图像大小的1/4,保留系数的对应坐标作为提取信息时的密钥;其次将经处理后的DCT系数直接作为小波变换的分解系数,经小波逆变换后得到融合信息.实验结果表明,该算法实现了多幅不同大小图像的融合,同时单一密钥只能提取单一图像. 关键词： 图像融合 小波变换 离散余弦变换 编码     

偏瘫患者辅助下肢外骨骼设计与仿真分析

针对偏瘫患者外骨骼康复机器人降低外骨骼质量的要求,设计了一种辅助下肢外骨骼机器人,采用柔索驱动的膝关节,具有结构简单,质量轻的特点。同时利用ADAMS建立了外骨骼关节柔索驱动的动力学模型,绳索模块建立了柔索驱动模型,通过Ariel生物运动分析软件,采集髋、膝、踝关节运动数据,运用Spline函数进行了仿真分析。经过仿真分析柔索驱动在上台阶运动过程中的不同拉簧预紧力和拉簧刚度下传动特性和驱动力矩,为进一步研究设计下肢外骨骼提供依据。     

连续小波变换定量反演土壤有机质含量

以北京市东部地区96个潮土土样的土壤参数及对应光谱数据为数据源,采用连续小波多尺度分析处理与分析。首先将土壤光谱进行初步处理,生成小波系数,其次将土样的有机质含量与小波分解系数开展相关性分析,提取特征波段,最后采用特征波段建立预测耕层有机质含量的模型。结果表明：经连续小波处理后,光谱对耕层有机质含量的预测能力明显优于传统光谱变换技术;经连续小波分解后,对土壤有机质含量的预测能力随光谱分辨率降低呈先降后升再降的趋势;连续小波分析算法可提升土壤光谱对有机质含量的估测能力,与土壤高光谱反射率相比,基于连续小波变换的土壤有机含量最佳的精度提高19%;由于光谱分辨率为80 nm建立的模型精度较高,其R2达到0.632,这表明在连续小波算法下,光谱分辨率较低的宽波段数据可用于土壤有机质含量的监测。     

A Fast Approach to Removing Muscle Artifacts for EEG with Signal Serialization Based Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition

An electroencephalogram (EEG) is an electrophysiological signal reflecting the functional state of the brain. As the control signal of the brain–computer interface (BCI), EEG may build a bridge between humans and computers to improve the life quality for patients with movement disorders. The collected EEG signals are extremely susceptible to the contamination of electromyography (EMG) artifacts, affecting their original characteristics. Therefore, EEG denoising is an essential preprocessing step in any BCI system. Previous studies have confirmed that the combination of ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) and canonical correlation analysis (CCA) can effectively suppress EMG artifacts. However, the time-consuming iterative process of EEMD may limit the application of the EEMD-CCA method in real-time monitoring of BCI. Compared with the existing EEMD, the recently proposed signal serialization based EEMD (sEEMD) is a good choice to provide effective signal analysis and fast mode decomposition. In this study, an EMG denoising method based on sEEMD and CCA is discussed. All of the analyses are carried out on semi-simulated data. The results show that, in terms of frequency and amplitude, the intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) decomposed by sEEMD are consistent with the IMFs obtained by EEMD. There is no significant difference in the ability to separate EMG artifacts from EEG signals between the sEEMD-CCA method and the EEMD-CCA method (p > 0.05). Even in the case of heavy contamination (signal-to-noise ratio is less than 2 dB), the relative root mean squared error is about 0.3, and the average correlation coefficient remains above 0.9. The running speed of the sEEMD-CCA method to remove EMG artifacts is significantly improved in comparison with that of EEMD-CCA method (p < 0.05). The running time of the sEEMD-CCA method for three lengths of semi-simulated data is shortened by more than 50%. This indicates that sEEMD-CCA is a promising tool for EMG artifact removal in real-time BCI systems.     

Change in brain activity through virtual reality-based brain-machine communication in a chronic tetraplegic subject with muscular dystrophy

Background  

For severely paralyzed people, a brain-computer interface (BCI) provides a way of re-establishing communication. Although subjects with muscular dystrophy (MD) appear to be potential BCI users, the actual long-term effects of BCI use on brain activities in MD subjects have yet to be clarified. To investigate these effects, we followed BCI use by a chronic tetraplegic subject with MD over 5 months. The topographic changes in an electroencephalogram (EEG) after long-term use of the virtual reality (VR)-based BCI were also assessed. Our originally developed BCI system was used to classify an EEG recorded over the sensorimotor cortex in real time and estimate the user's motor intention (MI) in 3 different limb movements: feet, left hand, and right hand. An avatar in the internet-based VR was controlled in accordance with the results of the EEG classification by the BCI. The subject was trained to control his avatar via the BCI by strolling in the VR for 1 hour a day and then continued the same training twice a month at his home.     

A Two-Branch CNN Fusing Temporal and Frequency Features for Motor Imagery EEG Decoding

With the development of technology and the rise of the meta-universe concept, the brain-computer interface (BCI) has become a hotspot in the research field, and the BCI based on motor imagery (MI) EEG has been widely concerned. However, in the process of MI-EEG decoding, the performance of the decoding model needs to be improved. At present, most MI-EEG decoding methods based on deep learning cannot make full use of the temporal and frequency features of EEG data, which leads to a low accuracy of MI-EEG decoding. To address this issue, this paper proposes a two-branch convolutional neural network (TBTF-CNN) that can simultaneously learn the temporal and frequency features of EEG data. The structure of EEG data is reconstructed to simplify the spatio-temporal convolution process of CNN, and continuous wavelet transform is used to express the time-frequency features of EEG data. TBTF-CNN fuses the features learned from the two branches and then inputs them into the classifier to decode the MI-EEG. The experimental results on the BCI competition IV 2b dataset show that the proposed model achieves an average classification accuracy of 81.3% and a kappa value of 0.63. Compared with other methods, TBTF-CNN achieves a better performance in MI-EEG decoding. The proposed method can make full use of the temporal and frequency features of EEG data and can improve the decoding accuracy of MI-EEG.     

EEG-Based Emotion Recognition by Exploiting Fused Network Entropy Measures of Complex Networks across Subjects

It is well known that there may be significant individual differences in physiological signal patterns for emotional responses. Emotion recognition based on electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is still a challenging task in the context of developing an individual-independent recognition method. In our paper, from the perspective of spatial topology and temporal information of brain emotional patterns in an EEG, we exploit complex networks to characterize EEG signals to effectively extract EEG information for emotion recognition. First, we exploit visibility graphs to construct complex networks from EEG signals. Then, two kinds of network entropy measures (nodal degree entropy and clustering coefficient entropy) are calculated. By applying the AUC method, the effective features are input into the SVM classifier to perform emotion recognition across subjects. The experiment results showed that, for the EEG signals of 62 channels, the features of 18 channels selected by AUC were significant (p < 0.005). For the classification of positive and negative emotions, the average recognition rate was 87.26%; for the classification of positive, negative, and neutral emotions, the average recognition rate was 68.44%. Our method improves mean accuracy by an average of 2.28% compared with other existing methods. Our results fully demonstrate that a more accurate recognition of emotional EEG signals can be achieved relative to the available relevant studies, indicating that our method can provide more generalizability in practical use.     

Exploring Neurofeedback Training for BMI Power Augmentation of Upper Limbs: A Pilot Study

Electroencephalography neurofeedback (EEG-NFB) training can induce changes in the power of targeted EEG bands. The objective of this study is to enhance and evaluate the specific changes of EEG power spectral density that the brain-machine interface (BMI) users can reliably generate for power augmentation through EEG-NFB training. First, we constructed an EEG-NFB training system for power augmentation. Then, three subjects were assigned to three NFB training stages, based on a 6-day consecutive training session as one stage. The subjects received real-time feedback from their EEG signals by a robotic arm while conducting flexion and extension movement with their elbow and shoulder joints, respectively. EEG signals were compared with each NFB training stage. The training results showed that EEG beta (12–40 Hz) power increased after the NFB training for both the elbow and the shoulder joints’ movements. EEG beta power showed sustained improvements during the 3-stage training, which revealed that even the short-term training could improve EEG signals significantly. Moreover, the training effect of the shoulder joints was more obvious than that of the elbow joints. These results suggest that NFB training can improve EEG signals and clarify the specific EEG changes during the movement. Our results may even provide insights into how the neural effects of NFB can be better applied to the BMI power augmentation system and improve the performance of healthy individuals.