Quantitative analysis of EEG signals: Time-frequency methods and ...
Quantitative analysis of EEG signals: Time-frequency methods and ...
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Figure 36: <strong>Time</strong>-<strong>frequency</strong> resolution <strong>of</strong> the Gabor Transform.<br />
= ! 0 2 ! = 2<br />
(72)<br />
Then, in the case <strong>of</strong> Gabor Transform, the <strong>frequency</strong> resolution depends on the window<br />
wide, corresponding to small values <strong>of</strong> (wide windows see eq. 16) a better <strong>frequency</strong><br />
resolution (but a worst time resolution see also discussion <strong>of</strong> the window sizein<br />
sec. x3.2).<br />
analyzing<br />
The area determined by the <strong>frequency</strong> window multiplied by the time window is<br />
called time-<strong>frequency</strong> window. Plotting <strong>of</strong> the time-<strong>frequency</strong> window is an easy way<br />
to visualize the time-<strong>frequency</strong> resolution: its wide represents the time resolution, its<br />
height represents the <strong>frequency</strong> resolution <strong>and</strong> its area represents the time-<strong>frequency</strong><br />
resolution, this last one having alower bound determined by the uncertainty principle.<br />
In the case <strong>of</strong> the Gabor Transform, once the window is xed, the <strong>frequency</strong> resolution<br />
is the same for all the frequencies (<strong>and</strong> therefore the time resolution too see g. 36).<br />
Then, for low <strong>frequency</strong> <strong>signals</strong>, a wide window will be suitable <strong>and</strong> in the case <strong>of</strong> high<br />
frequencies, a narrow window will do the job. However, due to its xed window size,<br />
Gabor Transform is not suitable for analyzing <strong>signals</strong> with dierent ranges <strong>of</strong> frequencies.<br />
On the other h<strong>and</strong>, in the case <strong>of</strong> the Wavelet Transform, the size <strong>of</strong> the window is<br />
adapted, thus giving an optimal resolution for all frequencies (see g. 37).<br />
The Wavelet Transform consists in making a correlation between the original signal<br />
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