title: A Study on the Effect of Electrical Stimulation as a User Stimuli for Motor Imagery Classification in Brain-Machine Interface.
abstract: Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) provides a neuroprosthetic interface to non-recovered muscle groups by stimulating the affected region of the human body. FES in combination with Brain-machine interfacing (BMI) has a wide scope in rehabilitation because this system directly links the cerebral motor intention of the users with its corresponding peripheral muscle activations. In this paper, we examine the effect of FES on the electroencephalography (EEG) during motor imagery (left- and right-hand movement) training of the users. Results suggest a significant improvement in the classification accuracy when the subject was induced with FES stimuli as compared to the standard visual one.
authors.affiliation: BCI-LIFT project, CAMIN Team, INRIA-LIRMM, University of Montpellier , France.
authors.forename: Saugat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.affiliation: BCI-LIFT project, Athena Team, Inria Sophia Antipolis , France.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clerc
authors.affiliation: BCI-LIFT project, CAMIN Team, INRIA-LIRMM, University of Montpellier , France.
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashibe
keywords: Brain machine interfacing; Electrical Stimulation; Electroencephalography; Motor Imagery