An Experiment of Ocular Artifacts Elimination from EEG Signals using ICA and PCA Methods

• Main Authors: Arjon Turnip, Iwan R. Setiawan, Edy Junaidi, Le Hoa Nguyen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Indonesian Institute of Sciences 2014-12-01
• Series: Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical Power, and Vehicular Technology
• Subjects: EEG, EOG, ICA, PCA, artifacts elimination
• Online Access: http://mevjournal.com/index.php/mev/article/view/207

<p>In the modern world of automation, biological signals, especially Electroencephalogram (EEG) is gaining wide attention as a source of biometric information. Eye-blinks and movement of the eyeballs produce electrical signals (contaminate the EEG signals) that are collectively known as ocular artifacts. These noise signals are required to be separated from the EEG signals to obtain the accurate results. This paper reports an experiment of ocular artifacts elimination from EEG signal using blind source separation algorithm based on independent component analysis and principal component analysis. EEG signals are recorded on three conditions, which are normal conditions, closed eyes, and blinked eyes. After processing, the dominant frequency of EEG signals in the range of 12-14 Hz either on normal, closed, and blinked eyes conditions is obtained.</p><p> </p>