title: A dynamic selection method for reference electrode in SSVEP-based BCI.
abstract: In SSVEP-based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), it is very important to get an evoked EEG with a high signal to noise ratio (SNR). The SNR of SSVEP is fundamentally related to the characteristics of stimulus, such as its intensity and frequency, and it is also related to both the reference electrode and the active electrode. In the past, with SSVEP-based BCI, often the potential at 'Cz', the average potential at all electrodes or the average mastoid potential, were statically selected as the reference. In conjunction, a certain electrode in the occipital area was statically selected as the active electrode for all stimuli. This work proposed a dynamic selection method for the reference electrode, in which all electrodes can be looked upon as active electrodes, while an electrode which can result in the maximum sum relative-power of a specific frequency SSVEP can be confirmed dynamically and considered as the optimum reference electrode for that specific frequency stimulus. Comparing this dynamic selection method with previous methods, in which 'Cz', the average potential at all electrodes or the average mastoid potential were selected as the reference electrode, it is demonstrated that the SNR of SSVEP is improved significantly as is the accuracy of SSVEP detection.
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China; Key Laboratory for NeuroInformation of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China.
authors.forename: Zhenghua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, ChengDu, China.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Su
mesh_terms: D062207:Brain-Computer Interfaces; D004566:Electrodes; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059629:Signal-To-Noise Ratio
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