Applying SSVEP BCI on Dynamic Background

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) have attracted much attention due to their high efficiency and accuracy. The SSVEP paradigm and decoding methods have been extensively studied and achieved remarkable results. This study proposed two modulation me...

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Main Authors: Junkai Li, Boxun Fu, Fu Li, Wenkai Gu, Youshuo Ji, Yang Li, Tiejun Liu, Guangming Shi
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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Boxun Fu
Fu Li
Wenkai Gu
Youshuo Ji
Yang Li
Tiejun Liu
Guangming Shi
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Boxun Fu
Fu Li
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Guangming Shi
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description Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) have attracted much attention due to their high efficiency and accuracy. The SSVEP paradigm and decoding methods have been extensively studied and achieved remarkable results. This study proposed two modulation methods for the SSVEP paradigm, namely color inversion modulation and brightness compression modulation. Color inversion modulation adjusts the stimulus to adapt to the changing background, while brightness compression modulation ensures high contrast by reducing the background brightness. Furthermore, we proposed Multi-scale Temporal-Spatial Global average pooling Neural Network (MTSGNN), an end-to-end network for decoding SSVEP signals evoked by the post-modulation paradigm. MTSGNN is built with efficient convolutional structures and uses global average pooling to achieve classification, which effectively reduces the risk of model overfitting on small EEG datasets and improves classification performance. We conduct experiments to evaluate the performance of the proposed modulation and decoding methods. Compared with color inversion modulation and no modulation, the brightness compression modulation method achieved the best performance. In addition, MTSGNN outperforms the best competitive decoding method by 11.98%, 3.9% and 5.15% under color inversion modulation, brightness compression modulation and no modulation, respectively. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed modulation methods and the robustness of the proposed decoding method. This study significantly improves the performance of SSVEP in dynamic backgrounds and effectively expands the practical application scenarios of BCI.
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spelling doaj-art-489ea03066214d05b17bc2102521cd462025-08-20T02:22:55ZengIEEEIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering1534-43201558-02102025-01-01332225223710.1109/TNSRE.2025.357698411026113Applying SSVEP BCI on Dynamic BackgroundJunkai Li0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5418-7276Boxun Fu1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-498XFu Li2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-0308Wenkai Gu3Youshuo Ji4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-0759Yang Li5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5093-2151Tiejun Liu6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5810-4492Guangming Shi7https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2179-3292School of Artificial Intelligence, Xidian University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Xidian University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Xidian University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Xidian University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Xidian University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Xidian University, Xi’an, ChinaSchool of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Xidian University, Xi’an, ChinaBrain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) have attracted much attention due to their high efficiency and accuracy. The SSVEP paradigm and decoding methods have been extensively studied and achieved remarkable results. This study proposed two modulation methods for the SSVEP paradigm, namely color inversion modulation and brightness compression modulation. Color inversion modulation adjusts the stimulus to adapt to the changing background, while brightness compression modulation ensures high contrast by reducing the background brightness. Furthermore, we proposed Multi-scale Temporal-Spatial Global average pooling Neural Network (MTSGNN), an end-to-end network for decoding SSVEP signals evoked by the post-modulation paradigm. MTSGNN is built with efficient convolutional structures and uses global average pooling to achieve classification, which effectively reduces the risk of model overfitting on small EEG datasets and improves classification performance. We conduct experiments to evaluate the performance of the proposed modulation and decoding methods. Compared with color inversion modulation and no modulation, the brightness compression modulation method achieved the best performance. In addition, MTSGNN outperforms the best competitive decoding method by 11.98%, 3.9% and 5.15% under color inversion modulation, brightness compression modulation and no modulation, respectively. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed modulation methods and the robustness of the proposed decoding method. This study significantly improves the performance of SSVEP in dynamic backgrounds and effectively expands the practical application scenarios of BCI.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11026113/Electroencephalographsteady-state visual evoked potentialbrain-computer interfacesmodulation and decoding methodsdynamic background
spellingShingle Junkai Li
Boxun Fu
Fu Li
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Applying SSVEP BCI on Dynamic Background
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Electroencephalograph
steady-state visual evoked potential
brain-computer interfaces
modulation and decoding methods
dynamic background
title Applying SSVEP BCI on Dynamic Background
title_full Applying SSVEP BCI on Dynamic Background
title_fullStr Applying SSVEP BCI on Dynamic Background
title_full_unstemmed Applying SSVEP BCI on Dynamic Background
title_short Applying SSVEP BCI on Dynamic Background
title_sort applying ssvep bci on dynamic background
topic Electroencephalograph
steady-state visual evoked potential
brain-computer interfaces
modulation and decoding methods
dynamic background
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11026113/
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