TREMOR-EEU PROJECT An extension of the project for BCI-driven tremor suppression system based on functional electrical stimulation

In line with goals of the TREMOR-EEU project, the activities of University of Maribor focus on the following crucial themes:

• Increasing robustness in the TREMOR BCI concept by systematically testing different EEG artefact suppression techniques with respect to:
• effectiveness of artefact suppression;
• tremor extraction;
• negative and positive impacts of artefact removal to EEG classification and detection of tremor onset from EEG;
• computational insensitivity and suitability for online processing.
  
• Implementation and validation of novel techniques for tremor onset/offset detection in EEG. This activity should follow experimental testing of different feature extraction techniques from artefact-free EEG acquired in different experimental conditions.
• Development and validation of techniques for decomposition of non-invasively acquired surface EMG compound signals. These techniques will be used to further illuminate the physiological mechanisms contributing to muscle tremor and to further outline the connection among brain waves and EMG tremor patterns.
• Development and validation of advanced techniques for extraction of information from spatially and temporarily heterogeneous & multimodal data streams, and classification of unknown repetitive patterns either in the multimodal BCI signals or in the set of extracted features.