뇌전도 기반 마우스 제어를 위한 동작 상상 뇌 신호 분석
Motor Imagery Brain Signal Analysis for EEG-based Mouse Control
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본 논문에서는 사지가 마비되어 신체를 움직이지 못하지만 뇌의 기능은 살아있는 장애인들을 위하여, 생각만으로 외부의 장치를 제어할 수 있도록 하는 뇌-컴퓨터 인터페이스(BCI: Brain-Computer Interface) 기술을 연구하였다. 신경생리학 분야에서의 연구 결과에 의하면, 신체를 움직이는 상상을 할 경우, 뇌의 운동/감각 피질 영역에서는 β파(14-26 Hz)와 μ파(8-12 Hz)가 억제/증가되는 ERD/ERS(Event-Related Desynchronization / Synchronization) 현상이 발생한다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 이를 기반으로 혀, 발, 왼손, 오른손의 동작 상상을 자극으로 이용하여 변화하는 뇌 신호 패턴을 실시간으로 분석하여 피험자의 생각을 읽을 수 있도록 하였으며, 상·하·좌·우의 네 방향으로 이동할 수 있도록 하는 마우스 제어 인터페이스를 구현하였다. 동작 상상 시 발생하는 뇌 신경 활동의 변화를 관측하기 위해서 뇌에 손상을 주지 않으면서도 높은 시간 해상도로 측정이 가능한 비침습적 뇌전도(EEG: ElectroEncephaloGraphy)를 이용하였다. 그러나 뇌전도 신호는 특성상 신호의 크기가 미약하고, 잡음의 영향을 많아 분석이 어렵다. 따라서 이를 극복하기 위해 통계적 방법을 기반으로 한 기계학습 기법인 CSP(Common Spatial Pattern)와 선형판별 분석(Linear Discriminant Analysis)을 이용하여 서로 다른 동작 상상에 의해 발생하는 뇌 신호들 간의 분산이 최대가 되도록 신호를 변환하여 인식 성능을 높일 수 있었다. 또한 분석된 뇌 신호의 시각화를 통해, 기존에 알려진 뇌의 해부학적, 신경생리학적 지식과 일치하는 ERD/ERS 현상이 발생하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.
Abstract
In this paper, we studied the brain-computer interface (BCI). BCIs help severely disabled people to control external devices by analyzing their brain signals evoked from motor imageries. The findings in the field of neurophysiology revealed that the power of β (14-26 Hz) and μ (8-12 Hz) rhythms decreases or increases in synchrony of the underlying neuronal populations in the sensorymotor cortex when people imagine the movement of their body parts. These are called Event-Related Desynchronization / Synchronization (ERD/ERS), respectively. We implemented a BCI-based mouse interface system which enabled subjects to control a computer mouse cursor into four different directions (e.g., up, down, left, and right) by analyzing brain signal patterns online. Tongue, foot, left-hand, and right-hand motor imageries were utilized to stimulate a human brain. We used a non-invasive EEG which records brain's spontaneous electrical activity over a short period of time by placing electrodes on the scalp. Because of the nature of the EEG signals, i.e., low amplitude and vulnerability to artifacts and noise, it is hard to analyze and classify brain signals measured by EEG directly. In order to overcome these obstacles, we applied statistical machine-learning techniques. We could achieve high performance in the classification of four motor imageries by employing Common Spatial Pattern (CSP) and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) which transformed input EEG signals into a new coordinate system making the variances among different motor imagery signals maximized for easy classification. From the inspection of the topographies of the results, we could also confirm ERD/ERS appeared at different brain areas for different motor imageries showing the correspondence with the anatomical and neurophysiological knowledge.
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