Denoising Notebook

import argparse
import time
import brainflow
import numpy as np

import pandas as pd
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from brainflow.board_shim import BoardShim, BrainFlowInputParams, LogLevels, BoardIds
from brainflow.data_filter import DataFilter, AggOperations, WaveletTypes, NoiseEstimationLevelTypes, WaveletExtensionTypes, ThresholdTypes, WaveletDenoisingTypes

# use synthetic board for demo
params = BrainFlowInputParams()
board_id = BoardIds.SYNTHETIC_BOARD.value
board = BoardShim(board_id, params)
board.prepare_session()
board.start_stream()
time.sleep(10)
data = board.get_current_board_data(500)
board.stop_stream()
board.release_session()

[2025-01-15 23:34:12.029] [board_logger] [info] incoming json: {
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    "file_anc": "",
    "file_aux": "",
    "ip_address": "",
    "ip_address_anc": "",
    "ip_address_aux": "",
    "ip_port": 0,
    "ip_port_anc": 0,
    "ip_port_aux": 0,
    "ip_protocol": 0,
    "mac_address": "",
    "master_board": -100,
    "other_info": "",
    "serial_number": "",
    "serial_port": "",
    "timeout": 0
}

# plot original data
eeg_channels = BoardShim.get_eeg_channels(board_id)
df = pd.DataFrame(np.transpose(data))
df[eeg_channels].plot(subplots=True)
plt.show()

# demo for denoising, apply different methods to different channels for demo
for count, channel in enumerate(eeg_channels):
    # first of all you can try simple moving median or moving average with different window size
    if count == 0:
        DataFilter.perform_rolling_filter(data[channel], 3, AggOperations.MEAN.value)
    elif count == 1:
        DataFilter.perform_rolling_filter(data[channel], 3, AggOperations.MEDIAN.value)
    # if methods above dont work for your signal you can try wavelet based denoising
    # feel free to try different parameters
    else:
        DataFilter.perform_wavelet_denoising(data[channel], WaveletTypes.BIOR3_9, 3, WaveletDenoisingTypes.SURESHRINK, ThresholdTypes.HARD,
                                                 WaveletExtensionTypes.SYMMETRIC, NoiseEstimationLevelTypes.FIRST_LEVEL)

# plot denoised data
df = pd.DataFrame(np.transpose(data))
df[eeg_channels].plot(subplots=True)
plt.show()