Cost-efficient and Custom Electrode-holder Assembly Infrastructure for EEG Recordings
Mobile electroencephalogram (EEG)-sensing technologies have rapidly progressed and made the access of neuroelectrical brain activity outside the laboratory in everyday life more realistic. However, most existing EEG headsets exhibit a fixed design, whereby its immobile montage in terms of electrode...
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| description | Mobile electroencephalogram (EEG)-sensing technologies have rapidly progressed and made the access of neuroelectrical brain activity outside the laboratory in everyday life more realistic. However, most existing EEG headsets exhibit a fixed design, whereby its immobile montage in terms of electrode density and coverage inevitably poses a great challenge with applicability and generalizability to the fundamental study and application of the brain-computer interface (BCI). In this study, a cost-efficient, custom EEG-electrode holder infrastructure was designed through the assembly of primary components, including the sensor-positioning ring, inter-ring bridge, and bridge shield. It allows a user to (re)assemble a compact holder grid to accommodate a desired number of electrodes only to the regions of interest of the brain and iteratively adapt it to a given head size for optimal electrode-scalp contact and signal quality. This study empirically demonstrated its easy-to-fabricate nature by a low-end fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer and proved its practicability of capturing event-related potential (ERP) and steady-state visual-evoked potential (SSVEP) signatures over 15 subjects. This paper highlights the possibilities for a cost-efficient electrode-holder assembly infrastructure with replaceable montage, flexibly retrofitted in an unlimited fashion, for an individual for distinctive fundamental EEG studies and BCI applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffdc26614224449caf8e49dcdf301e682022-12-22T04:24:08ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-10-011919427310.3390/s19194273s19194273Cost-efficient and Custom Electrode-holder Assembly Infrastructure for EEG RecordingsYuan-Pin Lin0Ting-Yu Chen1Wei-Jen Chen2Laboratory for Neuroergonomics, Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, TaiwanLaboratory for Neuroergonomics, Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, TaiwanLaboratory for Neuroergonomics, Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, TaiwanMobile electroencephalogram (EEG)-sensing technologies have rapidly progressed and made the access of neuroelectrical brain activity outside the laboratory in everyday life more realistic. However, most existing EEG headsets exhibit a fixed design, whereby its immobile montage in terms of electrode density and coverage inevitably poses a great challenge with applicability and generalizability to the fundamental study and application of the brain-computer interface (BCI). In this study, a cost-efficient, custom EEG-electrode holder infrastructure was designed through the assembly of primary components, including the sensor-positioning ring, inter-ring bridge, and bridge shield. It allows a user to (re)assemble a compact holder grid to accommodate a desired number of electrodes only to the regions of interest of the brain and iteratively adapt it to a given head size for optimal electrode-scalp contact and signal quality. This study empirically demonstrated its easy-to-fabricate nature by a low-end fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer and proved its practicability of capturing event-related potential (ERP) and steady-state visual-evoked potential (SSVEP) signatures over 15 subjects. This paper highlights the possibilities for a cost-efficient electrode-holder assembly infrastructure with replaceable montage, flexibly retrofitted in an unlimited fashion, for an individual for distinctive fundamental EEG studies and BCI applications.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/19/4273mobile eeg recordingsmontage-replaceable headsetsbci |
| spellingShingle | Yuan-Pin Lin Ting-Yu Chen Wei-Jen Chen Cost-efficient and Custom Electrode-holder Assembly Infrastructure for EEG Recordings Sensors mobile eeg recordings montage-replaceable headsets bci |
| title | Cost-efficient and Custom Electrode-holder Assembly Infrastructure for EEG Recordings |
| title_full | Cost-efficient and Custom Electrode-holder Assembly Infrastructure for EEG Recordings |
| title_fullStr | Cost-efficient and Custom Electrode-holder Assembly Infrastructure for EEG Recordings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cost-efficient and Custom Electrode-holder Assembly Infrastructure for EEG Recordings |
| title_short | Cost-efficient and Custom Electrode-holder Assembly Infrastructure for EEG Recordings |
| title_sort | cost efficient and custom electrode holder assembly infrastructure for eeg recordings |
| topic | mobile eeg recordings montage-replaceable headsets bci |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/19/4273 |
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