Graph neural network based on brain inspired forward-forward mechanism for motor imagery classification in brain-computer interfaces

Copyright © 2024 Xue, Song, Wu, Cheng and Pan..

Introduction: Within the development of brain-computer interface (BCI) systems, it is crucial to consider the impact of brain network dynamics and neural signal transmission mechanisms on electroencephalogram-based motor imagery (MI-EEG) tasks. However, conventional deep learning (DL) methods cannot reflect the topological relationship among electrodes, thereby hindering the effective decoding of brain activity.

Methods: Inspired by the concept of brain neuronal forward-forward (F-F) mechanism, a novel DL framework based on Graph Neural Network combined forward-forward mechanism (F-FGCN) is presented. F-FGCN framework aims to enhance EEG signal decoding performance by applying functional topological relationships and signal propagation mechanism. The fusion process involves converting the multi-channel EEG into a sequence of signals and constructing a network grounded on the Pearson correlation coeffcient, effectively representing the associations between channels. Our model initially pre-trains the Graph Convolutional Network (GCN), and fine-tunes the output layer to obtain the feature vector. Moreover, the F-F model is used for advanced feature extraction and classification.

Results and discussion: Achievement of F-FGCN is assessed on the PhysioNet dataset for a four-class categorization, compared with various classical and state-of-the-art models. The learned features of the F-FGCN substantially amplify the performance of downstream classifiers, achieving the highest accuracy of 96.11% and 82.37% at the subject and group levels, respectively. Experimental results affirm the potency of FFGCN in enhancing EEG decoding performance, thus paving the way for BCI applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in neuroscience - 18(2024) vom: 03., Seite 1309594

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xue, Qiwei [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yuntao [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Huapeng [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Hongtao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain computer interface (BCI)
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Forward-forward mechanism
Graph Convolutional Network (GCN)
Journal Article
Motor imagery (MI)

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Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fnins.2024.1309594

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370956222