Robust Four-Class Motor Imagery EEG Classification Using Lightweight CNN-LSTM
摘要
In this study, we proposed a deep learning model combining convolutional neural networks (CNN) and long short-term memory networks (LSTM) for classifying four categories of motor imagery EEG signals (left hand, right hand, foot, and tongue). The CNN layer extracts extracting spatial features between EEG signal channels, and the stacked LSTM layer is used to capture the temporal dependency of the signal. By combining spatial and temporal modeling, the CNN-LSTM structure can effectively characterize the spatial distribution and dynamic patterns of EEG signals. Specifically, compared with single-structure ANN or CNN or LSTM models, the proposed method achieving a validation accuracy about 80.6% and a stable loss around 6.2%. It shows higher classification accuracy and stability, which is highly suitable for motor imagery tasks based on EEG signals, and exhibits favorable lightweight properties.