OpenEEG
David Cary

What should I say here ?

I’ve subscribed to the Open EEG mailing list
( http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/ )
and I plan to build the Open EEG hardware Real Soon Now.

However, my ulterior motive is to use it for some non-standard ECG analysis. I plan to look at the heart in a way that—as far as I can tell—no one has ever done before.

There’s tons of information on “standard” ECG techniques—the standard “12-lead” analysis, at 100 Hz bandwidth.

Please tell me if you’ve heard of any other heart-voltage analysis techniques—ones that use higher bandwidth, and/or more leads.
(I’ve only heard of a couple …)

I have soldered quite a bit of surface-mount electronics.

If I design a modified Open EEG circuit board, I’m considering posting it to the
Piclist design contest
http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/pcbcontest.htm
.
(Olimex produces the winning boards)

—
David Cary

I wrote the first rough draft here of:

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Building EEG

Stuff it might be nice to talk about on the wiki:

Case Cabling

Simple Open EEG http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/SimpleEEG/ : directions for building a Modular EEG with a minimum of fuss.

EEG Electrodes

_see Electrodes.

Improving EEG hardware

I see that
Jim Peters
uses
gEDA software .

Software to use with Open EEG

What standard file formats, protocols, etc. should we use ?

SCP-ECG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP-ECG

I’ve noticed a bunch of Source Forge projects
that seem to be related to Open EEG:

MindIO to develop cross-platform Java software for interfacing with EEG devices, specifically hardware developed by the Open EEG project.
Open-rTMS

SBaGen A Sequenced Binaural Wave Generator for … generate sounds that entrain the brain’s waves to oscillate at selected frequencies to aid in relaxation, etc.
Neuroshare is created to support the collaborative development of open library and data file format specifications for neurophysiology and distribute open-source data handling software tools for neuroscientists.
toolboxes for use with the SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) brain imaging analysis software.

Other Open EEG-related software:

Jim Peters has some Open EEG-related software http://uazu.net/

Is all this already listed at
OpenEEG-related software ?

Feature Requests
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=415599&group_id=35817

Usb Interface

_see Communication.

Other stuff I saw on the mailing list

IEEE
Trans Biomed Eng. 2004 Jun;51(6):1026-33
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15188874
... a method to
control a robot using EEG recordings.

“Control of a two-dimensional movement signal by a noninvasive brain-computer interface in humans”
by Jonathan R. Wolpaw * and Dennis J. Mc Farland
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/101/51/17849

6 channel modEEG (12 active electrodes)
http://www.geocities.com/mohanbelani/modeeg6.html

Getting Started with Neurofeedback book by John N. Demos.
“I highly recommend
it (especially to those seeking to be
self-practictioners).
It is a comprehensive
introduction to the theory and practice of
neurofeedback, including history, neuroscience, QEEG,
administering and experiencing NF, and even setting up a clinical practice.
It is not the final word on the subject, rather it is the only comprehensive starting point I’ve come across.
It also gives good insight
and perspective into the complexity of the subject.”
—Scott

BioEra is a visual designer that helps with analyzing bio-signals in real time.
Bio Era has been confirmed to work on Windows XP, Linux, Max OS X and PDA (Win CE or linux).
... written in Java … supports Open EEG and other devices …

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