DECOMPOSITION OF SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAMS:
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES
DECOMPOSITION OF SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAMS:
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCESA. Holobar1,2
[email protected] ( [email protected] )
1 FEECS, University of Maribor, Slovenia2 LISiN, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Laboratorio di Ingegneria del Sistema Neuromuscolare
e della Riabilitazione Motoria
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Maribor, Slovenia
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LISiNPolitecnico di Torino
Surface EMG • acquisition systems
(16, 64, 128 chs)• HD electrode arrays• stimulators• EMG simulators• information extraction
techniques
Signal & image processing
• TF & TS analysis• HOS• Cepstral analysis• BSS/ICA• MIMO, MISO
identification
SSLUniversity of Maribor
Arrays of surface electrodes
Select time instant
with high MU activity
Step 2
Convolution Kernel Compensation (CKC)in
stan
tane
ous
disc
harg
e ra
te (
Hz)
time (s)
Compensate MUAPshapes
Step 1
Blindly reconstruct
MU dischargepattern
estimator
Step 3
Filter out single MU discharge patterns
Step 4
mul
ticha
nnel
su
rfac
e E
MG
CKC decomposition: MU discharge patterns (abductor pollicis, force ramp contractions 0 % - 10 % MVC)
CKC decomposition: MU discharge patterns(Biceps Brachii, constant isometric contraction at 10 % MVC)
A. Holobar, D. Zazula. Correlation-based decomposition of surface EMG signals at low contraction forces, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2004, 42 (4), 487-495.
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2 4 6 8 10 12Time [s]
Ch
ann
el
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)
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Time [s]
Am
plitu
de
Reconstructed MUAP trainsacquired EMG signal
sum of reconstructedMUAP trains
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Normalized Frequency [ π rad/sample]
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en
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dB
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mp
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plit
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e
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rbitr
ary
un
its]
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MU
AP
am
plit
ud
e(P2
P 2
40 μV
)
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Signal artefacts: line interference
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ctro
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ows
Electrode columns
Signal artefacts: bad contact (biceps brachii, monopolar mode)
Internal array Central array External array
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ctro
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ows
Movement artefetcs & saturations:(external sphincter, bipolar mode, 100% MVC)
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MU
num
ber
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
10 - MU 1
10 - MU 2
10 - MU 3
10 - MU 4
10 - MU 5
10 - MU 6
10 - MU 7
Time [s]
inst
anta
neou
s di
scha
rge
rate
[H
z]
Decomposition & ground truth(external sphincter, bipolar mode)
Similar shapes of MUAPs: MU 1
2 3
Time41
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MU
AP
s am
plitu
de [
V]
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Similar shapes of MUAPs: MU 2
2 3
Time41
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MU
AP
s am
plitu
de [
V]
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Similar shapes of MUAPs: MU 1 & MU 2
Similar shapes of MUAPs and reconstruction of innervation pulse trains
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12MU 1
MU 2
MU 1 & 2
Time [s]
Rec
onst
ruct
ed in
nerv
atio
n pu
lse
trai
ns
Case studies: ICA & image processing homepages
• ICA – http://www.tsi.enst.fr/icacentral
• Face recognition test databases– http://www.face-rec.org/databases/– http://vision.bc.edu/~dmartin/MidLevel/
• Middlebury stereo page:– http://cat.middlebury.edu/stereo/– test database, source codes & algorithm
benchmarking
ICA central: data collections
Face recognition test databases
Face recognition test databases
Middlebury stereo page
Middlebury stereo page
Middlebury stereo page
Acknowledgement
Progetto Lagrange
This research was supported by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships within the 6th European Community Framework Programme, by CyberManS EU project, Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenian Research Agency and Lagrange project.
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