IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
32, P. 2376 - 2387
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Various
training-based
spatial
filtering
methods
have
been
proposed
to
decode
steady-state
visual
evoked
potentials
(SSVEPs)
efficiently.
However,
these
require
extensive
calibration
data
obtain
valid
filters
and
temporal
templates.
The
time-consuming
collection
process
would
reduce
the
practicality
of
SSVEP-based
brain-computer
interfaces
(BCIs).
Therefore,
we
propose
a
temporally
local
weighting-based
phase-locked
time-shift
(TLW-PLTS)
augmentation
method
augment
training
for
calculating
In
this
method,
sliding
window
strategy
using
SSVEP
response
period
as
step
is
generate
augmented
data,
time
filter
which
maximises
covariance
between
original
template
signal
sine-cosine
reference
used
suppress
noise
in
data.
For
performance
evaluation,
TLW-PLTS
was
incorporated
with
state-of-the-art
calculate
classification
accuracies
information
transfer
rates
(ITRs)
three
datasets.
Compared
other
methods,
demonstrates
superior
decoding
fewer
promising
development
fast-calibration
BCIs.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
31, P. 1521 - 1531
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
The
tradeoff
between
calibration
effort
and
model
performance
still
hinders
the
user
experience
for
steady-state
visual
evoked
brain-computer
interfaces
(SSVEP-BCI).
To
address
this
issue
improve
generalizability,
work
investigated
adaptation
from
cross-dataset
to
avoid
training
process,
while
maintaining
high
prediction
ability.When
a
new
subject
enrolls,
group
of
user-independent
(UI)
models
is
recommended
as
representative
multi-source
data
pool.
then
augmented
with
online
transfer
learning
techniques
based
on
user-dependent
(UD)
data.
proposed
method
validated
both
offline
(N=55)
(N=12)
experiments.Compared
UD
adaptation,
relieved
approximately
160
trials
efforts
user.
In
experiment,
time
window
decreased
2
s
0.56±0.2
s,
accuracy
0.89-0.96.
Finally,
achieved
average
information
rate
(ITR)
243.49
bits/min,
which
highest
ITR
ever
reported
in
complete
calibration-free
setting.
results
result
were
consistent
experiment.Representatives
can
be
even
cross-subject/device/session
situation.
With
help
represented
UI
data,
achieve
sustained
without
process.This
provides
an
adaptive
approach
transferable
SSVEP-BCIs,
enabling
more
generalized,
plug-and-play
high-performance
BCI
free
calibrations.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
31, P. 3307 - 3319
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
In
steady-state
visual
evoked
potential
(SSVEP)-based
brain-computer
interfaces
(BCIs),
various
spatial
filtering
methods
based
on
individual
calibration
data
have
been
proposed
to
alleviate
the
interference
of
spontaneous
activities
in
SSVEP
signals
for
enhancing
detection
performance.
However,
time-consuming
session
would
increase
fatigue
subjects
and
reduce
usability
BCI
system.
The
key
idea
this
study
is
propose
a
cross-subject
transfer
method
domain
generalization,
which
transfers
domain-invariant
filters
templates
learned
from
source
target
subject
with
no
access
EEG
subject.
transferred
are
obtained
by
maximizing
intra-
inter-subject
correlations
using
corresponding
its
neighboring
stimuli.
For
subject,
four
types
correlation
coefficients
calculated
construct
feature
vector.
Experimental
results
estimated
three
datasets
show
that
improves
performance
compared
state-of-art
methods.
satisfactory
demonstrate
provides
an
effective
learning
strategy
requiring
tedious
collection
process
new
users,
holding
promoting
practical
applications
SSVEP-based
BCI.
Biomimetics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
10(4), P. 225 - 225
Published: April 4, 2025
Transfer
learning
is
the
act
of
using
data
or
knowledge
in
a
problem
to
help
solve
different
but
related
problems.
In
brain
computer
interface
(BCI),
it
important
deal
with
individual
differences
between
topics
and/or
tasks.
A
kind
capsule
decision
neural
network
(CDNN)
based
on
transfer
proposed.
order
feature
distortion
caused
by
EEG
extraction
algorithm,
deep
was
constructed.
The
architecture
includes
multiple
primary
capsules
form
hidden
layer,
and
connection
advanced
determined
routing
algorithm.
Unlike
dynamic
algorithm
that
iteratively
calculates
similarity
capsules,
computes
relationship
each
shallow
layers
probabilistic
manner.
At
same
time,
distribution
covariance
matrix
aligned
Riemann
space,
regional
adaptive
method
further
introduced
improve
independent
decoding
ability
for
subject’s
signals.
Experiments
two
motor
imagery
datasets
show
CDNN
outperforms
several
most
methods.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
31, P. 2525 - 2534
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Objective:
Recently,
artificial
neural
networks
(ANNs)
have
been
proven
effective
and
promising
for
the
steady-state
visual
evoked
potential
(SSVEP)
target
recognition.
Nevertheless,
they
usually
lots
of
trainable
parameters
thus
require
a
significant
amount
calibration
data,
which
becomes
major
obstacle
due
to
costly
EEG
collection
procedures.
This
paper
aims
design
compact
network
that
can
avoid
over-fitting
ANNs
in
individual
SSVEP
Method:
study
integrates
prior
knowledge
recognition
tasks
into
attention
design.
First,
benefiting
from
high
model
interpretability
mechanism,
layer
is
applied
convert
operations
conventional
spatial
filtering
algorithms
ANN
structure,
reduces
connections
between
layers.
Then,
signal
models
common
weights
shared
across
stimuli
are
adopted
constraints,
further
condenses
parameters.
Results:
A
simulation
on
two
widely-used
datasets
demonstrates
proposed
structure
with
constraints
effectively
eliminates
redundant
Compared
existing
prominent
deep
(DNN)-based
correlation
analysis
(CA)-based
algorithms,
method
by
more
than
${90}\%$
notation="LaTeX">${80}\%$
respectively,
boosts
performance
at
least
notation="LaTeX">${57}\%$
notation="LaTeX">${7}\%$
respectively.
Conclusion:
Incorporating
task
make
it
efficient.
The
has
less
requires
performance.
Expert Systems with Applications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
249, P. 123492 - 123492
Published: Feb. 18, 2024
In
steady-state
visual
evoked
potential
(SSVEP)-based
brain-computer
interface
(BCI),
improving
the
recognition
performance
for
new
subjects
without
calibration
data
is
key
challenge
practical
application.
Unsupervised
transfer
learning
an
effective
way
to
overcome
it.
However,
existing
studies
focus
solely
on
what
transfer,
rather
than
how
effectively
resulting
in
unsatisfactory
effectiveness
or
even
negative
transfer.
this
study,
innovative
unsupervised
cross-subject
method
SSVEP-BCI
was
proposed,
named
SUTL.
It
involves
that
subject
transferability
estimation
(STE)
and
a
multi-domain
alignment
were
proposed
alleviate
interference
of
differences
SSVEP
signal
distribution
among
subjects.
STE
screens
appropriate
transferable
from
source
pool,
while
domain
directly
makes
all
more
similar.
Then,
SUTL
sufficiently
exploits
information
selected
subjects,
transferring
both
generalization
knowledge
subject-specific
boost
subject.
The
evaluated
two
public
datasets
(benchmark
dataset
BETA
dataset)
with
40
classes,
extensive
experimental
results
reveal
markedly
boosts
dramatically
outperforms
state-of-art
methods.
significantly
enhances
facilitates
its
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
32, P. 2027 - 2037
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Steady-state
visual-evoked
potential
(SSVEP)-based
brain-computer
interfaces
(BCIs)
offer
a
non-invasive
means
of
communication
through
high-speed
speller
systems.
However,
their
efficiency
is
highly
dependent
on
individual
training
data
acquired
during
time-consuming
calibration
sessions.
To
address
the
challenge
insufficiency
in
SSVEP-based
BCIs,
we
introduce
SSVEP-DAN,
first
dedicated
neural
network
model
designed
to
align
SSVEP
across
different
domains,
encompassing
various
sessions,
subjects,
or
devices.
Our
experimental
results
demonstrate
ability
SSVEP-DAN
transform
existing
source
into
supplementary
data.
This
significant
improvement
decoding
accuracy
while
reducing
time.
We
envision
playing
crucial
role
future
applications
high-performance
BCIs.
The
code
for
this
work
available
at:
https://github.com/CECNL/SSVEP-DAN.
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
71(4), P. 1319 - 1331
Published: Nov. 16, 2023
Spatial
filtering
and
template
matching-based
steady-state
visually
evoked
potentials
(SSVEP)
identification
methods
usually
underperform
in
SSVEP
with
small-sample-size
calibration
data,
especially
when
a
single
trial
of
data
is
available
for
each
stimulation
frequency.