fNIRS-GANs: data augmentation using generative adversarial networks for classifying motor tasks from functional near-infrared spectroscopy.

Journal: Journal of neural engineering
PMID:

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is expected to be applied to brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies. Since lengthy fNIRS measurements are uncomfortable for participants, it is difficult to obtain enough data to train classification models; hence, the fNIRS-BCI accuracy decreases.

Authors

  • Tomoyuki Nagasawa
    Graduate School of Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Japan.
  • Takanori Sato
  • Isao Nambu
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan.
  • Yasuhiro Wada
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan.