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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

How Many EEG Channels Are Optimal for a Motor Imagery Based BCI for Stroke Rehabilitation?

Authors : Ren Xu, Brendan Z. Allison, Rupert Ortner, Danut C. Irimia, Arnau Espinosa, Alexander Lechner, Christoph Guger

Published in: Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The optimal number of EEG channels is a controversial issue for motor imagery based BCIs for stroke rehabilitation. In this study, we compared the BCI performance with 63, 27 and 16 channels of EEG on three stroke patients across 10 to 24 sessions, and demonstrated that the 16 channels montage yields similar classification error (21.3 ± 11.6, 10.5 ± 6.6 and 16.0 ± 12.6 % for these patients respectively) to montages with larger number of channels. This is important for practical applications in stroke rehabilitation, since fewer channels means lower cost, less preparation time and easier maintenance.

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Metadata
Title
How Many EEG Channels Are Optimal for a Motor Imagery Based BCI for Stroke Rehabilitation?
Authors
Ren Xu
Brendan Z. Allison
Rupert Ortner
Danut C. Irimia
Arnau Espinosa
Alexander Lechner
Christoph Guger
Copyright Year
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_180