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Real-time data-reusing adaptive learning of a radial basis function network for tracking evoked potentials.

Qiu W; Chang C; Liu W; Poon PW; Hu Y; Lam FK; Hamernik RP; Wei G; Chan FH

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2006 Feb; 53(2):226-237

https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2005.862540

20029581

Tracking variations in both the latency and amplitude of evoked potential (EP) is important in quantifying properties of the nervous system. Adaptive filtering is a powerful tool for tracking such variations. In this paper, a data-reusing non-linear adaptive filtering method, based on a radial basis function network (RBFN), is implemented to estimate EP. The RBFN consists of an input layer of source nodes, a single hidden layer of non-linear processing units and an output layer of linear weights. It has built-in nonlinear activation functions that allow learning of function mappings. Moreover, it produces satisfactory estimates of signals against a background noise without a priori knowledge of the signal, provided that the signal and noise are independent. In clinical situations where EP responses change rapidly, the convergence rate of the algorithm becomes a critical factor. A carefully designed data-reusing RBFN can accelerate the convergence rate markedly and, thus, enhance its performance. Both theoretical analysis and simulation results support the improved performance of our new algorithm.

Nervous-system; Simulation-methods; Engineering; Biomedical-engineering; Mathematical-models; Models

IEBEAX

20060201

Journal Article

wei.qiu@plattsburgh.edu

Grant

2006

Grant-Number-R03-OH-008175; Grant-Number-R01-OH-007801

2

0018-9294

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

NY