Investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages

Neuroinformatics has recently emerged as a powerful field for the statistical analysis of neural data. This study uses machine learning techniques to analyze neural spiking activities within a population of neurons with the aim of finding spiking patterns associated with different stages of movement...

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Main Authors: Hollingshead, Luke, Putrino, D., Ghosh, Soumya, Tan, Tele
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62997
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author Hollingshead, Luke
Putrino, D.
Ghosh, Soumya
Tan, Tele
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Ghosh, Soumya
Tan, Tele
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description Neuroinformatics has recently emerged as a powerful field for the statistical analysis of neural data. This study uses machine learning techniques to analyze neural spiking activities within a population of neurons with the aim of finding spiking patterns associated with different stages of movement. Neural data was recorded during many experimental trials of a cat performing a skilled reach and withdrawal task. Using Weka and the LibSVM classifier, movement stages of the skilled task were identified with a high degree of certainty achieving an area-under-curve (AUC) of the Receiver Operating Characteristic of between 0.900 and 0.997 for the combined data set. Through feature selection, the identification of significant neurons has been made easier. Given this encouraging classification performance, the extension to automatic classification and updating of control models for use with neural prostheses will enable regular adjustments capable of compensating for neural changes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-629972019-07-30T00:45:01Z Investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages Hollingshead, Luke Putrino, D. Ghosh, Soumya Tan, Tele Neuroinformatics has recently emerged as a powerful field for the statistical analysis of neural data. This study uses machine learning techniques to analyze neural spiking activities within a population of neurons with the aim of finding spiking patterns associated with different stages of movement. Neural data was recorded during many experimental trials of a cat performing a skilled reach and withdrawal task. Using Weka and the LibSVM classifier, movement stages of the skilled task were identified with a high degree of certainty achieving an area-under-curve (AUC) of the Receiver Operating Characteristic of between 0.900 and 0.997 for the combined data set. Through feature selection, the identification of significant neurons has been made easier. Given this encouraging classification performance, the extension to automatic classification and updating of control models for use with neural prostheses will enable regular adjustments capable of compensating for neural changes. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62997 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943834 IEEE restricted
spellingShingle Hollingshead, Luke
Putrino, D.
Ghosh, Soumya
Tan, Tele
Investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages
title Investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages
title_full Investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages
title_fullStr Investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages
title_full_unstemmed Investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages
title_short Investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages
title_sort investigation into machine learning algorithms as applied to motor cortex signals for classification of movement stages
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62997