Cross-Target Transfer Algorithm Based on the Volterra Model of SSVEP-BCI  

作　　者：Jiajun Lin Liyan Liang Xu Han Chen Yang Xiaogang Chen Xiaorong Gao 

机构地区：[1]Department of Biomedical Engineering,School of Medicine,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China [2]School of Electronic Engineering,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,Beijing 100876,China [3]Institute of Biomedical Engineering,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,Tianjin 300192,China

出　　处：《Tsinghua Science and Technology》2021年第4期505-522,共18页清华大学学报（自然科学版（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (No.2017YFB1002505);Key Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (No. 2018B030339001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61431007)。

摘　　要：In general, a large amount of training data can effectively improve the classification performance of the Steady-State Visually Evoked Potential(SSVEP)-based Brain-Computer Interface(BCI) system. However, it will prolong the training time and considerably restrict the practicality of the system. This study proposed a SSVEP nonlinear signal model based on the Volterra filter, which could reconstruct stable reference signals using relatively small number of training targets by transfer learning, thereby reducing the training cost of SSVEP-BCI. Moreover,this study designed a transfer-extended Canonical Correlation Analysis(t-eCCA) method based on the model to achieve cross-target transfer. As a result, in a single-target SSVEP experiment with 16 stimulus frequencies,t-eCCA obtained an average accuracy of 86.96%˙12.87% across 12 subjects using only half of the calibration time,which exhibited no significant difference from the representative training classification algorithms, namely, extended canonical correlation analysis(88.32%±13.97%) and task-related component analysis(88.92%±14.44%), and was significantly higher than that of the classic non-training algorithms, namely, Canonical Correlation Analysis(CCA) as well as filter-bank CCA. Results showed that the proposed cross-target transfer algorithm t-eCCA could fully utilize the information about the targets and its stimulus frequencies and effectively reduce the training time of SSVEP-BCI.

关 键 词：Steady-State Visual y Evoked Potential(SSVEP) Brain-Computer Interface(BCI) Volterra filter cross-target information transfer learning 

分 类 号：R318[医药卫生—生物医学工程] TN911.7[医药卫生—基础医学] TP18[电子电信—通信与信息系统]