Detecting Noise in sEMG with Entropy Measures - updated: 2015-03-09

Use these readings as a start to establish a context for your work. Once you start to understand EMG, and how entropy is used in the context of EMG, you can expand your knowledge by finding more related readings on your own. Items to consider:

• Different ways to measure entropy including: fuzzy entropy (fuzzyEn), Approximate Entropy (ApEn) nand Sample Entropy (sampEn).

Initial Readings

• Really Simple Youtube Video - (Video)
• An example of how to calculate entropy conceptually (Blog post)
• Simple ways to calculate Entropy (Web Page)
• Historical Context of Thermodynamic and Information Theory perspectives on Entrppy (Wiki page)
• Another way to understand the Thermodynamics and Information Theory Perspectives of Entropy (Blog Post)

Reading on EMG

• Reading 1: Overview of EMG (pay most attention to Section 2.1)
• Reading 2: Overview of Myosim (pay most attention to Section 3.3)
• Reading 3; MacIsaac et al, Simulating Myoelectric Signals with a finite-length model of Muscle, 2007.

Reading on Entrpy & EMG

• Reading 4: Chen et al, Characterization of Surface EMG Signal Based on Fuzzy Entropy

Internal Reports

• Shi & MacIsaac, Review and Testing of Entropy Metrics Applied to sEMG, 2015 (pdf)