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Activity Coefficient-based Channel Selection for Electroencephalogram: A Task-Independent Approach

Pandey, Kartik, Balasubramanian, Arun, Samanta, Debasis

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals have gained widespread adoption in brain-computer interface (BCI) applications due to their non-invasive, low-cost, and relatively simple acquisition process. The demand for higher spatial resolution, particularly in clinical settings, has led to the development of high-density electrode arrays. However, increasing the number of channels introduces challenges such as cross-channel interference and computational overhead. To address these issues, modern BCI systems often employ channel selection algorithms. Existing methods, however, are typically task-specific and require re-optimization for each new application. This work proposes a task-agnostic channel selection method, Activity Coefficient-based Channel Selection (ACCS), which uses a novel metric called the Channel Activity Coefficient (CAC) to quantify channel utility based on activity levels. By selecting the top 16 channels ranked by CAC, ACCS achieves up to 34.97% improvement in multi-class classification accuracy. Unlike traditional approaches, ACCS identifies a reusable set of informative channels independent of the downstream task or model, making it highly adaptable for diverse EEG-based applications.

  activity coefficient-based channel selection, artificial intelligence, machine learning, (12 more...)
2508.1406
  Country: Asia > India > West Bengal > Kharagpur (0.04)
  Genre: Research Report (1.00)