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Reference signal impact on EEG energy

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Abstract

A reference is required to record electroencephalography (EEG) signals, and therefore the reference signal can effect any quantitative EEG analysis. In this study, we investigate the impact of reference signal amplitude on a commonly used quantitative measure of the EEG, the signal energy. We show that: (i) when the reference signal and the non-referential signal have negative correlation, the energy of the referential signal will monotonically increase as the amplitude of the reference signal increases from 0 to ∞. (ii) When the reference signal and the non-referential signal have positive correlation, energy of the referential signal first decreases to some nonnegative value and then increases as the amplitude of the reference signal increases from 0 to ∞. In general, the reference signal may decrease or increase energy values. But a reference signal with higher relative amplitude will surely increase energy values. In [1], we developed a method to identify and extract the reference signal contribution to EEG recordings. Here we apply this approach to referential EEG recorded from human subjects and directly investigate the contribution of recording reference on energy and show that the reference signal may have a significant effect on energy values.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2009
Subtitle of host publication6th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2009 Wuhan, China, May 26-29, 2009 Proceedings, Part III
EditorsWen Yu, Haibo He, Nian Zhang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages605-611
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9783642015137
ISBN (Print)9783642015120
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 May 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2009 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 26 May 200929 May 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 3
Volume5553 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference6th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period26/05/0929/05/09

Keywords

  • Bipolar EEG
  • Corrected EEG
  • Energy
  • Referential EEG
  • Scalp reference signal

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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