A feasibility study on using EEG for Biometric Trait Authentication System
The neuronal activity has a unique genetic signature that can be used for personal identification and authentication. Continuous authentication of individuals is required in the field involving high security, such as military services, intelligence organizations and secret agencies. Electroencephalo...
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author | Jeswani Devesh Kumar Govarthan Parveen Selvaraj Abirami Bobby Thomas Christy Thomas John Agastinose Ronickom Jac Fredo |
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description | The neuronal activity has a unique genetic signature that can be used for personal identification and authentication. Continuous authentication of individuals is required in the field involving high security, such as military services, intelligence organizations and secret agencies. Electroencephalogram (EEG) based authentication method is favorable due to its uniqueness and the fact that it can be used even when the person is unconscious. In this study, we investigated the number of samples per subject required to reliably develop a biometric trait authentication system. Initially, we extracted the background EEG signals from the publicly available Temple University Hospital (TUH) database. A total of 46 statistical and frequency domain features were extracted from each EEG signal per subject. The classification was performed using the extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) classifier. We varied the number of EEG signal segments per subject from 5 to 127 with an increment of 5 segments per trial. Finally, the performance parameters such as accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, precision and F-measure were obtained in each case for the biometric authentication system using the test data. Our model achieved the highest accuracy of 100% when more than 75 EEG signals per subject were considered for the analysis. We also identified alpha band power as the most efficient feature for authentication. Our results show that EEG signals can be effectively used for personal identification and authentication. |
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spelling | doaj.art-cbbc2abc51c743e784c93ecb16a320522023-10-30T07:58:13ZengDe GruyterCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering2364-55042023-09-019169069310.1515/cdbme-2023-1173A feasibility study on using EEG for Biometric Trait Authentication SystemJeswani Devesh0Kumar Govarthan Parveen1Selvaraj Abirami2Bobby Thomas Christy3Thomas John4Agastinose Ronickom Jac Fredo5School of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Electronic and Communication Engineering, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, IndiaMontreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Quebec, CanadaSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe neuronal activity has a unique genetic signature that can be used for personal identification and authentication. Continuous authentication of individuals is required in the field involving high security, such as military services, intelligence organizations and secret agencies. Electroencephalogram (EEG) based authentication method is favorable due to its uniqueness and the fact that it can be used even when the person is unconscious. In this study, we investigated the number of samples per subject required to reliably develop a biometric trait authentication system. Initially, we extracted the background EEG signals from the publicly available Temple University Hospital (TUH) database. A total of 46 statistical and frequency domain features were extracted from each EEG signal per subject. The classification was performed using the extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) classifier. We varied the number of EEG signal segments per subject from 5 to 127 with an increment of 5 segments per trial. Finally, the performance parameters such as accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, precision and F-measure were obtained in each case for the biometric authentication system using the test data. Our model achieved the highest accuracy of 100% when more than 75 EEG signals per subject were considered for the analysis. We also identified alpha band power as the most efficient feature for authentication. Our results show that EEG signals can be effectively used for personal identification and authentication.https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2023-1173biometrics authenticationbiosignalelectroencephalographymachine learningxgboost |
spellingShingle | Jeswani Devesh Kumar Govarthan Parveen Selvaraj Abirami Bobby Thomas Christy Thomas John Agastinose Ronickom Jac Fredo A feasibility study on using EEG for Biometric Trait Authentication System Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering biometrics authentication biosignal electroencephalography machine learning xgboost |
title | A feasibility study on using EEG for Biometric Trait Authentication System |
title_full | A feasibility study on using EEG for Biometric Trait Authentication System |
title_fullStr | A feasibility study on using EEG for Biometric Trait Authentication System |
title_full_unstemmed | A feasibility study on using EEG for Biometric Trait Authentication System |
title_short | A feasibility study on using EEG for Biometric Trait Authentication System |
title_sort | feasibility study on using eeg for biometric trait authentication system |
topic | biometrics authentication biosignal electroencephalography machine learning xgboost |
url | https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2023-1173 |
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