A new method for the estimation of the EEG evoked potential (EP) is presented in this thesis. This method is based on a new model of the EEG response which is assumed to be the sum of the EP and independent correlated Gaussian noise representing the spontaneous EEG activity. The EP is assumed to vary in both shape and latency, with the shape variation represented by correlated Gaussian noise which is modulated by the EP. The latency of the EP is also assumed to vary over the ensemble of responses in a random manner governed by some unspecified probability density. No assumption on stationarity is needed for the noise. / With the model described in state-space form, a Kalman filter is constructed, and the variance of the innovation process of the response measurements is derived. A maximum likelihood solution to the EP estimation problem is then obtained via this innovation process. / Tests using simulated responses show that the method is effective in estimating the EP signal at signal-to-noise ratio as low as -6db. Other tests using real normal visual response data yield reasonably consistent EP estimates whose main components are narrower and larger than the ensemble average. In addition, the likelihood function obtained by our method can be used as a discriminant between normal and abnormal responses, and it requires smaller ensembles than other methods.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.72016 |
| Date | January 1985 |
| Creators | Al-Nashi, Hamid Rasheed |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Electrical Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000222009, proquestno: AAINL20881, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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