title: Adaptive whitening in electromyogram amplitude estimation for epoch-based applications.
abstract: Epoch-based electromyogram (EMG) amplitude estimates have not incorporated signal whitening, even though whitening has demonstrated significant improvements for stream-based estimates. This paper presents new epoch-based algorithms, for both single- and multiple-channel EMG, which include a whitening stage. The best multiple-channel whitening processor provided a 21.4%-22.5% improvement over single-channel unwhitened estimation in an EMG-to-torque application.
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA. punit@alum.wpi.edu
authors.forename: Punit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Christian A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Salini
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tranquilli
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Edward A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Clancy
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted