A comparison of artifact reduction methods for real-time analysis of fNIRS data

Takayuki Nozawa*, Toshiyuki Kondo

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Due to its convenient, low physical restraint, and electric noise tolerant features, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is expected to be a useful tool in monitoring users' brain activity in HCI. However, fNIRS measurement suffers from various kinds of artifacts, and no standardized method for artifact reduction has been established so far. In this study, we compared high-pass/band-pass filtering, global and local average references, independent component analysis (ICA) based method, and their combinations. Their effectiveness for artifact reduction was evaluated by a cognitive task recognition experiment. The results showed all the methods have artifact reduction capability, but their effectiveness depends on subjects and tasks. This suggests that it can be more practical to try various artifact reduction methods and chose the best one for each task and subject, instead of pursuing a single standardized method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman Interface and the Management of Information
Subtitle of host publicationInformation and Interaction - Symposium on Human Interface 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, Proceedings
Pages413-422
Number of pages10
EditionPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventHuman Interface and the Management of Information: Information and Interaction - Symposium on Human Interface 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, Proceedings - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 2009/07/192009/07/24

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume5618 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceHuman Interface and the Management of Information: Information and Interaction - Symposium on Human Interface 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, Proceedings
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period2009/07/192009/07/24

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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