Title :
A novel approach for simulation, measurement and representation of surface EMG (sEMG) signals
Author :
Mahabalagiri, Anvith Katte ; Ahmed, Khadeer ; Schlereth, Fred
Author_Institution :
Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe new methods for the simulation, measurement and representation of sEMG signals. With regard to simulation, we choose a 2-D state space model and suggest a 3-D model which can account for in- homogeneities, nonlinearities and memory in the medium and which can be hardware accelerated through FPGA. With regard to measurement we use surface electrodes with a new amplifier circuit topology, which mitigates the effects of pickup and artifacts. With regard to representation, we describe a method for using wavelets which shows promise for isolating signals of interest.
Keywords :
amplifiers; biomedical electrodes; electromyography; field programmable gate arrays; inhomogeneous media; medical signal processing; network topology; signal representation; 2D state space model; 3D model; FPGA; amplifier circuit topology; hardware acceleration; medium inhomogeneities; medium nonlinearities; pickup effect mitigation; sEMG signal measurement; sEMG signal simulation; signal isolation; surface EMG signal representation; surface electrodes; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Electromyography; Integrated circuit modeling; Muscles; Skin; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers (ASILOMAR), 2011 Conference Record of the Forty Fifth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0321-7
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.2011.6190045