標題: SNR Analysis of High-Frequency Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials from the Foveal and Extrafoveal Regions of Human Retina
作者: Lin, Fang-Cheng
Zao, John K.
Tu, Kuan-Chung
Wang, Yijun
Huang, Yi-Pai
Chuang, Che-Wei
Kuo, Hen-Yuan
Chien, Yu-Yi
Chou, Ching-Chi
Jung, Tzyy-Ping
資訊工程學系
電信工程研究所
Department of Computer Science
Institute of Communications Engineering
公開日期: 2012
摘要: With brain-computer interface (BCI) applications in mind, we analyzed the amplitudes and the signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) of steady-state visual evoked potentials (SSVEP) induced in the foveal and extra-foveal regions of human retina. Eight subjects (age 20-55) have been exposed to 2 degrees circular and 16 degrees-18 degrees annular visual stimulation produced by white LED lights flickering between 5Hz and 65Hz in 5Hz increments. Their EEG signals were recorded using a 64-channel NeuroScan system and analyzed using non-parametric spectral and canonical convolution techniques. Subjects' perception of flickering and their levels of comfort towards the visual stimulation were also noted. Almost all subjects showed distinctively higher SNR in their foveal SSVEP responses between 25Hz and 45Hz. They also noticed less flickering and felt more comfortable with the visual stimulation between 30Hz and 45Hz. These empirical evidences suggest that lights flashing above the critical flicker fusion rates (CFF) of human vision may be used as effective and comfortable stimuli in SSVEP BCI applications.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11536/20946
ISBN: 978-1-4577-1787-1
ISSN: 1557-170X
期刊: 2012 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)
起始頁: 1810
結束頁: 1814
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