Classification of multi-class motor imagery with a novel hierarchical SVM algorithm for brain-computer interfaces.

Pattern classification algorithm is the crucial step in developing brain-computer interface (BCI) applications. In this paper, a hierarchical support vector machine (HSVM) algorithm is proposed to address an EEG-based four-class motor imagery classification task. Wavelet packet transform is employed...

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Published in:Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 1809 - 1819
Main Authors: Dong, Enzeng, Li, Changhai, Li, Liting, Du, Shengzhi, Belkacem, Abdelkader, Chen, Chao, Belkacem, Abdelkader Nasreddine
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Oct2017
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          Dong, Enzeng
          Li, Changhai
          Li, Liting
          Du, Shengzhi
          Belkacem, Abdelkader
          Chen, Chao
          Belkacem, Abdelkader Nasreddine
        affil: Key Laboratory of Complex System Control Theory and Application , Tianjin University of Technology , Tianjin 300384 China
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          Imagination
          Frontal Lobe Physiology
          Signal Processing, Computer Assisted
          Guided Imagery Methods
          Electroencephalography Methods
          Brain-Computer Interfaces
          Algorithms
      ab: Pattern classification algorithm is the crucial step in developing brain-computer interface (BCI) applications. In this paper, a hierarchical support vector machine (HSVM) algorithm is proposed to address an EEG-based four-class motor imagery classification task. Wavelet packet transform is employed to decompose raw EEG signals. Thereafter, EEG signals with effective frequency sub-bands are grouped and reconstructed. EEG feature vectors are extracted from the reconstructed EEG signals with one versus the rest common spatial patterns (OVR-CSP) and one versus one common spatial patterns (OVO-CSP). Then, a two-layer HSVM algorithm is designed for the classification of these EEG feature vectors, where "OVO" classifiers are used in the first layer and "OVR" in the second layer. A public dataset (BCI Competition IV-II-a)is employed to validate the proposed method. Fivefold cross-validation results demonstrate that the average accuracy of classification in the first layer and the second layer is 67.5 ± 17.7% and 60.3 ± 14.7%, respectively. The average accuracy of the classification is 64.4 ± 16.7% overall. These results show that the proposed method is effective for four-class motor imagery classification.
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