title: Wavelet-based artifact identification and separation technique for EEG signals during galvanic vestibular stimulation.
abstract: We present a new method for removing artifacts in electroencephalography (EEG) records during Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS). The main challenge in exploiting GVS is to understand how the stimulus acts as an input to brain. We used EEG to monitor the brain and elicit the GVS reflexes. However, GVS current distribution throughout the scalp generates an artifact on EEG signals. We need to eliminate this artifact to be able to analyze the EEG signals during GVS. We propose a novel method to estimate the contribution of the GVS current in the EEG signals at each electrode by combining time-series regression methods with wavelet decomposition methods. We use wavelet transform to project the recorded EEG signal into various frequency bands and then estimate the GVS current distribution in each frequency band. The proposed method was optimized using simulated signals, and its performance was compared to well-accepted artifact removal methods such as ICA-based methods and adaptive filters. The results show that the proposed method has better performance in removing GVS artifacts, compared to the others. Using the proposed method, a higher signal to artifact ratio of -1.625 dB was achieved, which outperformed other methods such as ICA-based methods, regression methods, and adaptive filters.
authors: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. mani.adib@gmail.com
authors: Mani
authors: M
authors: Adib
authors: Edmond
authors: E
authors: Cretu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D016477:Artifacts; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology; D058067:Wavelet Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
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