A P300-based Brain Computer Interface Using Stereo-electroencephalography Signals

Stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) signals can be obtained by implanting deep intracranial electrodes, which are currently used for epileptic diagnosis. In this study, we implemented a P300-based Brain Computer Interface (BCI) using SEEG signals. 40 buttons corresponding to 40 numbers displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) were intensified in a random order. To select a number, the user could focus on the corresponding button when it was flashing. Five epileptic patients implanted with SEEG electrodes attended the experiment and achieved an average online accuracy of 97.33%. Moreover, through single contact decoding and simulated online analysis, we found that these subjects achieved an average accuracy of 82.00% using a single channel of signal. These results indicated that our SEEG-based BCI had a high performance, which was mainly because of the high quality of SEEG signals.

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