Characterization of a Raspberry Pi as the Core for a Low-cost Multimodal EEG-fNIRS Platform

Poor understanding of brain recovery after injury, sparsity of evaluations and limited availability of healthcare services hinders the success of neurorehabilitation programs in rural communities. The availability of neuroimaging ca-pacities in remote communities can alleviate this scenario supporting neurorehabilitation programs in remote settings. This research aims at building a multimodal EEG-fNIRS neuroimaging platform deployable to rural communities to support neurorehabilitation efforts. A Raspberry Pi 4 is chosen as the CPU for the platform responsible for presenting the neurorehabilitation stimuli, acquiring, processing and storing concurrent neuroimaging records as well as the proper synchronization between the neuroimaging streams. We present here two experiments to assess the feasibility and characterization of the Raspberry Pi as the core for a multimodal EEG-fNIRS neuroimaging platform; one over controlled conditions using a combination of synthetic and real data, and another from a full test during resting state. CPU usage, RAM usage and operation temperature were measured during the tests with mean operational records below 40% for CPU cores, 13.6% for memory and 58.85 ° C for temperatures. Package loss was inexistent on synthetic data and negligible on experimental data. Current consumption can be satisfied with a 1000 mAh 5V battery. The Raspberry Pi 4 was able to cope with the required workload in conditions of operation similar to those needed to support a neurorehabilitation evaluation.

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E-Artikel

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2021

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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference - 2021(2021) vom: 17. Nov., Seite 1288-1291

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Englisch

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Del Angel Arrieta, Freddy [VerfasserIn]
Rojas Cisneros, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Rivas, Jesus Joel [VerfasserIn]
Castrejon, Luis R [VerfasserIn]
Sucar, Luis Enrique [VerfasserIn]
Andreu-Perez, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Orihuela-Espina, Felipe [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 29.12.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9629672

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NLM334280494