三种非线性趋势项的提取方法在生物医学信号分析中的应用

在生物医学信号的分析中往往需要将信号中的趋势成分和非趋势成分进行分离来实现不同的信号分析及应用的目的。该文介绍了三种应用在生物医学信号处理中的用于分离非平稳信号中的非线性趋势的分析方法：小波分析法,经验模式分析法和平滑先验法的原理,并应用它们对三种实际的生物医学信号的数据进行趋势信号与非趋势信号分离的应用举例。提示在非线性的趋势分析中,可根据不同的分析目的和不同的信号特征来选择不同的方法进行应用。     

Assessment of regularization techniques for electrocardiographic imaging

A widely used approach to solving the inverse problem in electrocardiography involves computing potentials on the epicardium from measured electrocardiograms (ECGs) on the torso surface. The main challenge of solving this electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) problem lies in its intrinsic ill-posedness. While many regularization techniques have been developed to control wild oscillations of the solution, the choice of proper regularization methods for obtaining clinically acceptable solutions is still a subject of ongoing research. However there has been little rigorous comparison across methods proposed by different groups. This study systematically compared various regularization techniques for solving the ECGI problem under a unified simulation framework, consisting of both 1) progressively more complex idealized source models (from single dipole to triplet of dipoles), and 2) an electrolytic human torso tank containing a live canine heart, with the cardiac source being modeled by potentials measured on a cylindrical cage placed around the heart. We tested 13 different regularization techniques to solve the inverse problem of recovering epicardial potentials, and found that non-quadratic methods (total variation algorithms) and first-order and second-order Tikhonov regularizations outperformed other methodologies and resulted in similar average reconstruction errors.     

Self-reported rates of interpersonal conflict vary as a function of questionnaire format: Why age-related trends in disagreement (and other events) may not be what they seem

Two studies examine whether self-reports of interpersonal conflict differ as a function of how the question is asked. In Study 1, 56 U.S. college students (M = 20.7 years) completed different versions of a questionnaire, four times, at one week intervals. Participants reported more conflicts with the aid of memory prompts than without, an effect that was especially strong when questions focused on events from the previous day. In Study 2, 123 middle-school students (M = 11.08 years) and 128 primary school students (M = 8.2 years) from the same region completed one of two questionnaires describing conflict during the previous day. Children reported more conflicts with memory prompts than without. The effect was twice as strong for younger children than older children. The findings suggest that increases in reports of conflict across the transition into adolescence may be due to improvements in the ability to recall and recount events in the absence of memory cues.     

Bayesian random effects selection in mixed accelerated failure time model for interval‐censored data

In many medical problems that collect multiple observations per subject, the time to an event is often of interest. Sometimes, the occurrence of the event can be recorded at regular intervals leading to interval‐censored data. It is further desirable to obtain the most parsimonious model in order to increase predictive power and to obtain ease of interpretation. Variable selection and often random effects selection in case of clustered data become crucial in such applications. We propose a Bayesian method for random effects selection in mixed effects accelerated failure time (AFT) models. The proposed method relies on the Cholesky decomposition on the random effects covariance matrix and the parameter‐expansion method for the selection of random effects. The Dirichlet prior is used to model the uncertainty in the random effects. The error distribution for the accelerated failure time model has been specified using a Gaussian mixture to allow flexible error density and prediction of the survival and hazard functions. We demonstrate the model using extensive simulations and the Signal Tandmobiel Study^®. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于小波包-交叉频率相干性的肌间耦合特性

人体运动控制系统具有高度的非线性特性,通过量化评价表面肌电(sEMG)信号间的非线性耦合强度,可以得到运动相关肌肉的功能状态,进而探究人体运动控制的机制。本文将小波包分解和n∶m相干性分析相结合,构建基于小波包-n∶m相干性的肌间交叉频率耦合分析模型,探究肌电信号间的非线性耦合关系。在维持30%最大自主收缩力(MVC)的肘部屈伸状态下,采集20名健康成年人的sEMG信号,首先基于小波包分解获取子带分量,然后将子带信号进行n∶m相干性计算,分析肌间耦合特征。结果表明:30%MVC的肘部屈曲运动下,协同肌对和拮抗肌对的线性耦合(频率比为1∶1时)强度高于非线性耦合(频率比为1∶2、2∶1和1∶3、3∶1时);对于肌间非线性耦合,随着频率比的增大,耦合强度随之降低,且频率比为n∶m和m∶n之间没有明显的耦合强度差异;beta和gamma频段内的肌间耦合主要体现在协同肌对之间的线性耦合(1∶1)和低频率比的非线性耦合(1∶2、2∶1)以及拮抗肌对之间的线性耦合上。以上说明:小波包-n∶m相干性方法可以定性、定量地描述肌间非线性耦合强度,为深入揭示人体运动控制机制和运动功能障碍患者的康复评价提供理论参考。     

An optimized design of seizure detection system using joint feature extraction of multichannel EEG signals

The detection of seizure onset and events using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals are important tasks in epilepsy research. The literature available on seizure detection has discussed the implementation of advanced signal processing algorithms using tools accessed over the cloud. However, seizure monitoring application needs near sensor processing due to privacy and latency issues. In this paper, a real time seizure detection system has been implemented using an embedded system. The proposed system is based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) and tunable-Q wavelet transform (TQWT) algorithms. The analysis and classification of non-stationary EEG signals require the wavelet transform with high Q-factor. However, direct use of TQWT increases the computational complexity of feature extraction from multivariate EEG signals. In this paper, the first step is to process the signal by using EEMD to obtain 8 intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). The Kraskov (KraEn), sample (SampEn), and permutation (PermEn) entropy features of IMFs are extracted and based on optimum values, and 4 IMFs are decomposed using TQWT. Secondly, centered correntropy (CenCorrEn) features of the 1^st and 16^th sub-band of TQWT have been used as classifier inputs. The performance of multilayer perceptron neural networks (MLPNN), least squares support vector machine (LSSVM), and random forest (RF) classifiers has been tested on the multichannel EEG data recorded from a local hospital. The RF classifier has produced the highest accuracy of 96.2% in classifying the signals. The proposed scheme has been employed in developing an embedded seizure detection system to assist neurologists in making seizure diagnostic decisions.     

基于PCNN-LSTM神经网络的膝关节摆动信号分类识别

膝关节摆动(VAG)信号是指膝关节屈曲或伸展时发出的声音或振动信号,可灵敏、客观地描述膝关节的健康状态,在膝关节疾病的无创检测中具有重要作用.现有的对VAG信号正常和异常分类方法自动化程度低,且分类准确度较低,总体性能有待进一步提升.因此,提出一种基于改进卷积神经循环网络(PCNN-LSTM)的VAG信号分类算法.首先...