Motor Imagery Detection in ECG Signals Using Wavelet Packet Decomposition and Multiscale Convolutional Neural Networks

Khawla Hussein Ali

Abstract


Detecting motor imagery from electrocardiographic (ECG) signals is complex but crucial in developing advanced neuroprosthetic devices and brain-computer interface (BCI) systems. In most cases, linear models applied using conventional methods are not appropriate for the time-varying and non-linear nature represented by the ECG characteristics, resulting in weak performances. This research addresses this problem, combining Wavelet Packet Decomposition and Multi-Scale Convolutional Neural Networks to improve the feature extraction mechanism and classification accuracy. ECG data is pre-processed from the PhysioNet EEG Motor Movement/Imagery Dataset to remove noise and standardize signals. WPD is thus applied to decompose the signals into detailed frequency components to be input as features in the proposed Multi-Scale CNN. Different kernel sizes are implemented in these parallel convolutional layers to learn complicated features at various hierarchical resolutions. The proposed architecture is evaluated using performance parameters such as accuracy 92%, precision 89%, recall 93%, F1 score 91%, and ROCAUC 95%. These results showed that the model outperformed the earlier-used traditional methods, such as Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Random Forests, better-detecting motor imagery. This research emphasizes the integrative power of advanced signal processing techniques with deep learning in analyzing biomedical signals, providing a powerful solution to advancing neuroprosthetic and BCI technologies.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31449/inf.v49i12.6690

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