Facial EMG contamination of EEG signals: Characteristics and effects of spatial filtering

2008 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control, and Signal Processing, ISCCSP 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 729-734

  Yong, Xinyi ^a   Ward, Rabab K ^a   Birch, Gary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Neil Squire Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography (EEG); Electromyography (EMG); Spatial filter; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTAMINATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; SHRINKAGE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (EMG); SPATIAL FILTER; SPATIAL FILTERING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 50649090015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCCSP.2008.4537319     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. J. R. Wolpaw, N. Birbaumer, D. J. McFarland, G. Pfurtscheller, and T. M. Vaughan, "Brain-computer interface for communication and control," Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 113, pp. 767-791, 2002.
2. T. M. Vaughan, J. R. Wolpaw, and E. Donchin, "EEG-based communication: prospects and problems," IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 4, no. 4, 1996.
3. M. Middendorf, G. McMillan, G. Calhoun, and K. S. Jones, "Brain computer interfaces based on the steady-state visual evoked response," IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 211-214, 2000.
4. T. Hinterberger, J. Mellinger, and N. Birbaumer, "The thought translation device: structure of a multimodal brain-computer communication system," in Proceedings of the 1st International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, Italy.
5. J. d. R. Millan, F. Renkens, J. Mourino, and W. Gerstner, "Brain-actuated interaction," Artificial Intelligent, vol. 159, pp. 241-259, 2004.
6. R. Scherer, G. R. Muller, C. Neuper, B. Graimann, and G. Pfurtscheller, "An asynchronously controlled EEG-based virtual keyboard: improvement of the spelling rate," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 979-1307, 2004.
7. J. S. Barlow, "Artifact processing (rejection and minimization) in EEG data processing," in Handbook of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. Revised Series, F. H. L. da Silva, W.S.van Leeuwen, and A. Remond, Eds. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1986, pp. 15-62.
8. L. Jancke, "Facial EMG in an anger-provoking situation: individual differences in directing anger outwards or inwards." International Journal of Psychophysiology 23, vol. 23, pp. 207-214, 1996.
9. K. Wold, R. Mass, T. Ingenbleek, F. Kiefer, D. Naber, and K. Wiedemann, "The facial pattern of disgust, appetence,excited joy and relaxed joy: An improved facial EMG study," Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, vol. 46, pp. 403-409, 2005.
10. I. I. Goncharova, D. J. McFarland, T. M. Vaughan, and J. R. Wolpaw, "EMG contamination of EEG: spectral and topographical characteristics, " Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 114, pp. 1580-1593, 2003.
11. D. J. McFarland, W. A. Sarnacki, T. M. Vaughan, and J. R. Wolpaw, "Brain-computer interface (BCI) operation: signal and noise during early training sessions," Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 116, pp. 56-62, 2005.
12. M. Fatourechi, A. Bashashati, R. K.Ward, and G. E. Birch, "EMG and EOG artifacts in brain computer interface systems: a survey," Clinical Neurophysiology, 2006.
13. G. Pfurtcheller, C. Neuper, G. R. Muller, B. Obermaier, G. Krausz, A. Schlogl, R. Scherer, B. Graimann, C.Keinrath, D. Skliris, M.Wortz, G. Supp, and C. Schrank, "Graz-BCI: state of the art and clinical applications," IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 177-180, 2003.
14. G. E. Birch, S. G. Mason, and J. F. Borisoff, "Current trends in Brain-Computer Interface research at the Neil Squire foundation," IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 123-126, 2003.
15. R. Krepki, B. Blankertz, G. Curio, and K. R. Muller, "The Berlin Brain-Computer Interface (BBCI): towards a new communication channel for online control of multimedia applications and computergames," in 9th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems (DMS'03), 2003, pp. 237-244.
16. N. Birbaumer and A. Kubler, "The thought translation device (TTD) for completely paralyzed patients," IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 190-193, 2000.
17. J. R. Wolpaw, D. J. McFarland, and T. M. Vaughan, "Brain-computer interface research at the Wadsworth Center," IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 222-226, 2000.
18. J. Willis, A. Nelson, J. Rice, and F. W. Black, "The topography of muscle activity in quantitative EEG," Clinical Electroencephalography, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 123-126, 1993.
19. J. Gotman, J. R. Ives, and P. Gloor, "Frequency content of EEG and EMG at seizure onset: possibility of removal of EMG artefact by digital filtering," Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 52, pp. 626-639, 1981.
20. R. J. Davidson, "EEG measures of cerebral asymmetry: conceptual and methodological issues," Intern. J. Neuroscience, vol. 39, pp. 71-89, 1988.
21. T. Gasser, J. C. Schuller, and U. S. Gasser, "Correction of muscle artefats in the EEG power spectrum," Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 116, pp. 2044-2050, 2005.
22. S. V. Narasimhan and D. N. Dutt, "Application of LMS adaptive predictive filtering for muscle artifact (noise) cancelation from EEG signals," Computers Elect. Eng, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 13-30, 1996.
23. A. V. Boxtel, P. Goudswaard, and L. R. B. Schomaker, "Amplitude and bandwidth of the frontalis surface EMG: effects of electrode parameters," Psychophysiology, vol. 21, no. 6, 1984.
24. B. H. Friedman and J. F. Thayer, "Facial muscle activity and EEG recordings: redundancyanalysis," Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 79, pp. 358-360, 1991.
25. R. D. O'Donnell, J. Berkhout, and W. R. Adey, "Contamination of scalp EEG spectrum during contraction of cranio-facial muscles," Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 24, pp. 145-151, 1974.
26. D. J. McFarland, L. M. McCane, S. V. David, and J. R. Wolpaw, "Spatial filter selection for EEG-based communication," Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 103, pp. 386-394, 1997.
27. B. J. Fisch, Fisch and Spehlmann's EEG Primer: Basic Principles of Digital and Analog EEG. Elsevier, 1999.
28. A. Bashashati, R. K. Ward, and G. E. Birch, "Comparison of using monopolar and bipolar Electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes for detection of right and left hand movements in a self-paced braincomputer interface (BCI)," in Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2007, April 2007, pp. 1014-1017.
29. D. J. MacCrimmon, G. J. Durocher, R. W. Y. Chan, D. R. Hay, and B. M. Saxena, "Computerized pattern recognition of EEG artifact," Brain Topology, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 21-25, 1993.