• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 58, Issue 16, 1600006 (2021)
Hongyun Li1、2、3 and Yunfa Fu1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information Engineering and Automation, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
  • 2Integration and Innovation Team of Brain Cognition and Brain Computer Intelligence, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
  • 3Computer Technology Application Key Lab of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP202158.1600006 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hongyun Li, Yunfa Fu. Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-Based Brain-Computer Interface[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(16): 1600006 Copy Citation Text show less
    Quantity of literatures related to fNIRS-BCI recorded in the Superstar Discovery database over the years
    Fig. 1. Quantity of literatures related to fNIRS-BCI recorded in the Superstar Discovery database over the years
    Absorption coefficient of HbO, HbR, and water in near-infrared band
    Fig. 2. Absorption coefficient of HbO, HbR, and water in near-infrared band
    Composition of fNIRS-BCI system
    Fig. 3. Composition of fNIRS-BCI system
    Proportion of main feature classification algorithms used in fNIRS-BCI from 2004 to 2020
    Fig. 4. Proportion of main feature classification algorithms used in fNIRS-BCI from 2004 to 2020
    Proportion of main feature classification algorithm used in fNIRS-BCI from 2004 to 2014 (data come from Ref.[10])
    Fig. 5. Proportion of main feature classification algorithm used in fNIRS-BCI from 2004 to 2014 (data come from Ref.[10])
    DatabaseSuperstar DiscoveryWeb of ScienceEngineering VillageChina National Knowledge Infrastructure
    Quantity of entries47821716570
    Table 1. A list of the quantity of literatures related to fNIRS-BCI recorded in several databases
    Retrieval contentSubjectAbstractAll the fieldsAverage
    SVM/Support Vector Machine67/9661/8967/9779.50
    LDA/Linear Discriminant Analysis40/7038/6840/7054.33
    ANN/Artificial Neural Network10/199/1510/2214.17
    DNN/Deep Neural Network7/197/197/1913.00
    CNN/Convolutional Neural Network3/83/73/85.33
    HMM/Hidden Markov Model3/43/43/43.50
    LR/Logistic Regression3/43/43/43.50
    QDA/Quadratic Discriminant Analysis3/33/33/33.00
    GBDT/Gradient Boosting Decision Tree3/33/33/33.00
    NB/Naive Bayes4/24/24/23.00
    RF/Random Forest2/22/22/22.00
    KNN/K-Nearest Neighbor1/11/11/11.00
    Table 2. Retrieval results of feature classification algorithm used in fNIRS-BCI from 2004 to 2020 (Based on Superstar Discovery database; the statistical period is until June 2020)
    Classification algorithmSuperstar DiscoveryWeb of ScienceEngineering VillageAverage
    SVM54342237
    LDA31231423
    Table 3. Quantity of fNIRS-BCI literatures related to SVM and LDA included in several database from 2015 to 2020
    ReferenceTaskFeatureClassification algorithmNumber of classificationClassificationaccuracy
    Ref.[93], 2015MA and other 11 mental tasksSlope of HbO, HbR and HbT, etc.LDA277%(personalized tasks);73%(prescribed tasks)
    Ref.[94], 2015MA and mental countingMean of HbO and HbRSVM282.4%(the best)
    Ref.[95], 2015MA, word generation, mental rotation, and restSlope of HbO and HbRDNN, LDA, and SLDA2DNN: 63.2%; LDA: 64.3%; SLDA: 65.7%
    Ref.[96], 2015Active and passive movements of fingers of the right handAverage level of HbO and spatial patternsSVM271.82%
    Ref.[97], 2017MI and ME(hand extension and finger tapping)Mean, slope, quadratic coefficient, and approximate entropy of HbOSVM487.65%(hand extension); 87.58%(finger tapping)
    Ref.[82], 2016MA and restMean, peak, slope, variance, kurtosis, and skewness of HbOLDA, QDA, KNN, NBC, SVM, and ANN271.6%, 90.0%, 69.7%, 89.8%, 89.5%, and 91.4%(2D features); 79.6%, 95.2%, 64.5%, 94.8%, 95.2%, and 96.3%(3D features)
    Ref.[98], 2017ME of left and right hand(hand grasping)Approximation coefficients of EEG and mean of HbO and HbRSVM291.02%
    Ref.[99], 2017Visual task of primary RGB colorsMean, peak, slope, skewness, and kurtosis of HbOLDA355.29%
    Ref.[71], 2017MI of left and right handMean,slope, and variance of HbO and HbRLDA275.3%(HbO); 72.3%(HbR)
    Ref.[100], 2017Handshake, ball grasp, poking, and cold temperature stimulationMean, peak, and skewness of HbOLDA2 and 4Binary: 78.12%, 75.94%; quaternary: 50.31%
    Ref.[87], 2017ME of left and right hand and restMean, peak,slope, variance, kurtosis, and skewness of HbO and HbRSVM, ANN, and CNN3SVM: 86.19%; ANN: 89.35%; CNN: 92.68%
    Ref.[101], 2018ME of finger tappingMean and slope of HbO and HbRLDA and GLM2LDA: 78.7%; GLM: 65.76%(HbO),70.3%(HbR)
    ReferenceTaskFeatureClassification algorithmNumber of classificationClassificationaccuracy
    Ref.[72], 2018MA and restMean and variance of HbO and HbRLDA277.2%(HbO); 72.9%(HbR)
    Ref.[77], 2018Stroop taskWavelet energy of HbOSVM287.31%(6 channels); 74.31%(16 channels)
    Ref.[57], 2019Speech imageryMean of HbORLDA364.1%
    Ref.[102], 2019Drowsy and alert states of driving a car simulatorAutomatically extracted from different channels and time windowsDNN and CNN2DNN: 97.2%(the best); CNN: 99.3%
    Ref.[60], 2020MI, word generation, n-back and discrimination/selection response taskAutomatically extracted from EEG, HbO, HbR, and HbDDNN and SVM2 and 4MI task:91%(DNN), 85%(SVM); n-back task: 87%(DNN), 82%(SVM)
    Ref.[103], 2020Emotional taskAverage level of HbO and HbRLDA264.50%, 67.75%, 71.00%
    Ref.[92], 2020Self-paced walkingTKE and AUC of HbO, HbR, and HbTGBDT, RF, LR, and LDA2AUC:94.4%, 93.6%, 82.6%, and 81.9%; TKE(GBDT): 98.75%(offline), 100%(pseudo-online)
    Ref.[104], 2020MI of left and right hand, MA and restMean, slope, peak, skewness, and kurtosis of HbO and HbRLDA, KNN, and SVM2LDA: 87.87%; KNN: 79.59%; SVM: 89.54%(the best)
    Table 4. Summary of major fNIRS-BCI studies from 2015 to 2020
    BCI modeSpatial resolutionTemporal resolutionResistance to motion disturbanceResistance to electromagnetic interferencePortabilityEquipment costNovelty
    EEG***********
    PET*****NA*****
    fMRI*****NA*****
    fNIRS*****************
    Table 5. Comparison of various models of BCI
    Hongyun Li, Yunfa Fu. Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-Based Brain-Computer Interface[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(16): 1600006
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