Title
An Adaptive Spatial Filter for User-Independent Single Trial Detection of Event-Related Potentials
Abstract
Goal: Current brain computer interfaces (BCIs) are usually based on various, often supervised, signal processing methods. The disadvantage of supervised methods is the requirement to calibrate them with recently acquired subjectspecific training data. Here, we present a novel algorithm for dimensionality reduction (spatial filter), that is ideally suited for single-trial detection of event-related potentials and can be adapted online to a new subject to minimize or avoid calibration time. Methods: The algorithm is based on the well-known xDAWN filter, but uses generalized eigendecomposition to allow an incremental training by recursive least squares updates of the filter coefficients. We analyze the effectiveness of the spatial filter in different transfer scenarios and combinations with adaptive classifiers. Results: The results show that it can compensate changes due to switching between different users, and therefore allows to reuse training data that has been previously recorded from other subjects. Conclusions: The presented approach allows to reduce or completely avoid a calibration phase and to instantly use the BCI system with only a minor decrease of performance. Significance: The novel filter can adapt a precomputed spatial filter to a new subject and make a BCI system user independent.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/TBME.2015.2402252
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
Adaptation, brain-computer interfaces (BCI), online machine learning, spatial filtering
Computer vision,Signal processing,Dimensionality reduction,Computer science,Adaptive filter,Artificial intelligence,Eigendecomposition of a matrix,Kernel adaptive filter,Recursive least squares filter,Spatial filter,Filter design
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
PP
99
0018-9294
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.49
22
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hendrik Wöhrle190.49
M. M. Krell2457.53
Sirko Straube3948.62
Su Kyoung Kim490.49
Elsa Andrea Kirchner56713.60
Frank Kirchner611519.41