A Bayesian approach for spatio-spectral filter optimization in BCI

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel Bayesian frame-work for discriminative feature extraction for motor imagery classification in an EEG-based BCI, in which the class-discriminative frequency bands and the corresponding spatial filters are optimized by means of the probabilistic and information-theoretic approaches. In our framework, the problem of simultaneous spatio-spectral filter optimization is formulated as the estimation of an unknown posterior pdf that represents the probability that a single-trial EEG of predefined mental tasks can be discriminated in a state. We demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method by analyzing the results and its success on two public databases.