EEG SOURCE LOCALIZATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CLASSICAL AND NEURAL NETWORK METHODS

We address the problem of estimating biopotential sources within the brain, based on EEG signals observed on the scalp. This problem, known as the inverse problem of electrophysiology, has no closed-form solution, and requires iterative techniques such as the Levenberg – Marquardt (LM) algorithm. Co...

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Published in:International journal of neural systems 2001-08, Vol.11 (4), p.349-359
Main Authors: ABEYRATNE, UDANTHA R., ZHANG, G., SARATCHANDRAN, P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain - physiology
Brain - physiopathology
Electroencephalography - methods
Humans
Neural Networks (Computer)
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Summary:We address the problem of estimating biopotential sources within the brain, based on EEG signals observed on the scalp. This problem, known as the inverse problem of electrophysiology, has no closed-form solution, and requires iterative techniques such as the Levenberg – Marquardt (LM) algorithm. Considering the nonlinear nature of the inverse problem, and the low signal to noise ratio inherent in EEG signals, a backpropagation neural network (BPN) has been recently proposed as a solution. The technique has not been properly compared with classical techniques such as the LM method, or with more recent neural network techniques such as the Radial Basis Function (RBF) network. In this paper, we provide improved strategies based on BPN and consider RBF networks in solving the inverse problem. We compare the performances of BPN, RBF and a hybrid technique with that of the classical LM method.
ISSN:0129-0657
1793-6462
DOI:10.1142/S0129065701000813