Comparison of principal and independent component analysis in removing extracerebral interference from near-infrared spectroscopy signals

Jaakko Virtanen; Tommi E.J. Noponen; Pekka Meriläinen

doi:10.1117/1.3253323

1 September 2009 Comparison of principal and independent component analysis in removing extracerebral interference from near-infrared spectroscopy signals

Jaakko Virtanen, Tommi E.J. Noponen, Pekka Meriläinen

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 5, 054032 (September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3253323

Abstract

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a method for noninvasive estimation of cerebral hemodynamic changes. Principal component analysis (PCA) and independent component analysis (ICA) can be used for decomposing a set of signals to underlying components. Our objective is to determine whether PCA or ICA is more efficient in identifying and removing scalp blood flow interference from multichannel NIRS signals. Concentration changes of oxygenated (HbO₂) and deoxygenated (HbR) hemoglobin are measured on the forehead with multichannel NIRS during hyper- and hypocapnia. PCA and ICA are used separately to identify and remove signal contribution from extracerebral tissue, and the resulting estimates of cerebral responses are compared to the expected cerebral responses. Both methods were able to reduce extracerebral contribution to the signals, but PCA typically performs equal to or better than ICA. The improvement in 3-cm signal quality achieved with both methods is comparable to increasing the source-detector separation from 3 to 5 cm. Especially PCA appears to be well suited for use in NIRS applications where the cerebral activation is diffuse, such as monitoring of global cerebral oxygenation and hemodynamics. Performance differences between PCA and ICA could be attributed primarily to different criteria for identifying the surface effect.

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Jaakko Virtanen, Tommi E.J. Noponen, and Pekka Meriläinen "Comparison of principal and independent component analysis in removing extracerebral interference from near-infrared spectroscopy signals," Journal of Biomedical Optics 14(5), 054032 (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3253323

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