The goal of the study was to use electrical signals from primary motor cortex to generate
accurate predictions of the movement onset time of performed movements, for potential
use in asynchronous brain-machine interface (BMI) systems. Four subjects, two with
electroencephalogram and two with electrocorticogram electrodes, performed various movements while activity from their primary motor cortices was recorded. An analysis program used several criteria (change point, fractal dimension, spectral entropy, sum of differences, bandpower, bandpower integral, phase, and variance), derived from the neural recordings, to generate predictions of movement onset time, which it compared to electromyogram activity onset time, determining prediction accuracy by receiver operating characteristic curve areas. All criteria, excepting phase and change-point analysis, generated accurate predictions in some cases.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/18917 |
| Date | 15 February 2010 |
| Creators | McGie, Steven |
| Contributors | Popovic, Milos R. |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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