different types of normal brain waves beta waves occur at a frequency of 13 to 30 cycles per second....
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Different types of normal brain waves
• Beta waves occur at a frequency of 13 to 30 cycles per second. They are usually associated with anxiety, depression, or the use of sedatives.
• Alpha waves occur at a frequency of 8 to 12 cycles per second in a regular rhythm. They are present only when you are awake but have your eyes closed. Usually they disappear when you open your eyes or start mentally concentrating.
• Theta waves occur at a frequency of 4 to 7 cycles per second. They are most common in children and young adults.
• Delta waves occur at a frequency of 0.5 to 3.5 cycles per second. They generally occur only in young children during sleep.
EEG measurement setup• 10-20 Lead system is most
widely clinically accepted• Certain physiological features
are used as reference points• Allow localization of
diagnostic features in the vicinity of the electrode
• Often a readily available wire or rubber mesh is used
• Brain research utilizes even 256 or 512 channel EEG hats
Electrodes – Basics• High-quality biopotential measurements require
– Good amplifier design– Use of good electrodes and their proper placement on the patient– Good laboratory and clinical practices
• Electrodes should be chosen according to the application• Basic electrode structure includes:
– The body and casing– Electrode made of high-conductivity material– Wire connector– Cavity or similar for electrolytic gel– Adhesive rim
• The complexity of electrode design often neglected
Electrodes - Basics• Skin preparation by abrasion or cleansing• Placement close to the source being measured• Placement above bony structures where there is less muscle mass• Distinguishing features of different electrodes:
– How secure? The structure and the use of strong but less irritant adhesives– How conductive? Use of noble metals vs. cheaper materials– How prone to artifact? Use of low-junction-potential materials such as Ag-AgCl– If electrolytic gel is used, how is it applied? High conductivity gels can help reduce the junction
potentials and resistance but tend to be more allergenic or irritating
Baseline drift due to thechanges in junctionpotential or motion artifactsChoice of electrodes Muscle signal
interference Placement
Electromagneticinterference Shielding
Ag-AgCl, Silver-Silver Chloride Electrodes• The most commonly used electrode type• Silver is interfaced with its salt silver-chloride• Choice of materials helps to reduce junction potentials
– Junction potentials are the result of the dissimilar electrolytic interfaces
• Electrolytic gel enhances conductivity and also reduces junction potentials– Typically based on sodium or potassium chloride, concentration in
the order of 0.1 M weak enough to not irritate the skin
• The gel is typically soaked into a foam pad or applied directly in a pocket produced by electrode housing
• Relatively low-cost and general purpose electrode• Particularly suited for ambulatory or long term use
Gold Electrodes• Very high conductivity suitable for low-noise meas.• Inertness suitable for reusable electrodes• Body forms cavity which is filled with electrolytic gel• Compared to Ag-AgCL: greater expense, higher
junction potentials and motion artifacts• Often used in EEG, sometimes in EMG
Conductive polymer electrodes
• Made out of material that is simultaneously conductive and adhesive• Polymer is made conductive by adding monovalent metallic ions• Aluminum foil allows contact to external instrumentation• No need for gel or other adhesive substance• High resistivity makes unsuitable for low-noise meas.• Not as good connection as with traditional electrodes
Metal or carbon electrodes• Other metals are seldom used as high-quality noble
metal electrodes or low-cost carbon or polymericelectrodes are so readily available
• Historical value. Bulky and awkward to use• Carbon electrodes have high resistivity and are noisier
but they are also flexibleand reusable• Applications in electrical stimulation and impedance plethysmography
Needle electrodes• Obviously invasive electrodes• Used when measurements have to be taken from the organ itself• Small signals such as motor unit potentials can be measured• Needle is often a steel wire with hooked tip
InputOutput
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Based on EEG signal :
1. Event–related de-synchronization / synchronization (ERD/ERS)
2. Steady state visual evoke potentials (SSVEP) 3. P300 component of event related potentials (ERPs) 4. Slow cortical potentials (SCPs)
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Different features of each BCI system [2]
SSVEP is an EEG signal response to the flickering visual stimulus with a frequency higher than 6 Hz [1]
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Journal: Development of a Low-Cost FPGA-Based SSVEP BCI Multimedia Control System [1]
• User target: patients suffering from severe motor disabilities, such as amyotrophic lateral scleroses (ALS), spino-cerebellar ataxia (SCA), and other paralyzed patients, may have limited motion while constrained on a hospital bed
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System configuration
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Acquisition module
Pre amplifier:Instrumentationamplifier, INA 128, (Gain setting, Gain: 1000)
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ADC ModuleMicroChip MCP3201• the 8-pin dual in-line
package (DIP) with serial control interface [serial peripheral interface (SPI)] devices,.
• The resolution and maximum sampling rate of the ADC are 12 b and 100 k samples/s.
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Signal Processing
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Data flickering, segmenting and averaging
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Hardware System
Result
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[1] Kuo-Kai Shyu; Po-Lei Lee; Ming-Huan Lee; Ming-Hong Lin; Ren-Jie Lai; Yun-Jen Chiu, "Development of a Low-Cost FPGA-Based SSVEP BCI Multimedia Control System," Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on , vol.4, no.2, pp.125,132, April 2010
[ 2] Danhua Zhu, Jordi Bieger, Gary Garcia Molina, and Ronald M. Aarts,
“A Survey of Stimulation Methods Used in SSVEP- Based BCIs,” Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, vol. 2010,
Article ID 702357, 12 pages, 2010
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