Transcript 3rd Party Software Packages

3rd Party Software Packages
Erika JCL Taylor
Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Program (MNTP)
Summer ‘07
Commercial Packages
• BESA
• ASA
• Curry
BESA
• Brain Electrical Source Analysis
– Available Source Models:
• BESA
• MNE
– Time Frequency Analysis
• Source Coherence
BESA
• Other nice features:
– Reads FIFF file format
– Can read in continuous data and average
EEG and MEG data
– Cortical Mapping and Visualization
– Integrates with Brain Voyager
– Runs in Windows
• http://www.besa.de
ASA
• Advanced Source Analysis
– Available Source Models:
• MUSIC
• LORETA
• sLORETA, swLORETA
– Time Frequency Analysis
• Source Coherence
• Wavelets
ASA
• Other nice features:
– Reads FIFF file format
– Interacts well with MatLab for batch
scripting, etc.
– Automatic segmentation of MRI to BEM
– Transformation to Talairach system
– Runs in Windows
• http://www.ant-neuro.com
Curry
• By Neuroscan
– Available Source Models:
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Equivalent current dipole
MUSIC
LORETA
sLORETA
MNE
Curry
• Other nice features:
– Automatic segmentation of MRI to BEM
(< 3 minutes)
– PCA and ICA
– Runs on Windows
– NO FIFF!
– http://www.neuroscan.com/curry5.cfm
FreeWare - Yay!
• EEGLab
• FreeSurfer / MNE-Suite
• FieldTrip
• BrainStorm
• SPM5
EEGLab
• Available Source Models:
– Plugins for:
• BESA and Dipole Fitting
• Independent Components Analysis
(ICA)
• http://www.sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/
EEGLab
• Other features:
– Runs on Matlab in:
• Linux, Unix, Windows, Max
– Requires large amounts of RAM
• 512MB-1G
– Mostly useful for ERP analysis
– NO FIFF!
FreeSurfer / MNE-Suite
• Available Source Models:
– Minimum Norm Estimate
– sLORETA
– dSPM
(for fMRI integration)
• http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/martin
os/userInfo/data/sofMNE.php
FreeSurfer / MNE-Suite
• MRI tools
– Automatic segmentation of cortex and also
gray matter sheet
– Inflation and flattening of cortex
– Talairach transformation
– Ability to morph participant’s brains
together
FreeSurfer / MNE-Suite
• Other features:
– Runs on Linux and Intel Mac.
– Reads FIFF file format
– Does not require MatLab, but was built with
it and can be further customized with it.
Field Trip
• Available Source Models:
– Equivalent Current Dipole
– Minimum Norm Estimates
– Beamformers (DICS and LCMV)
• Time Frequency Analysis
– wavelets
Field Trip
• Other features:
– Runs on MatLab on Linux or Windows
– Links to EEGLab
– Reads FIFF file format
– http://www.ru.nl/fcdonders/fieldtrip/
BrainStorm
• Available Source Models:
– RAP-MUSIC (multidipole)
– MNE
• Other features:
– Runs on any platform, but must have
MatLab
– NO FIFF!
– http://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/
SPM5
• Available Source Models:
– Equivalent Current Dipole
– Distributed Bayesian Approach
– dSPM
• Other features:
– Runs on MatLab in Unix
– NO FIFF!
– http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/
Questions?