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= Analysing data =
There are several options for analysing MEG and EEG data from the Neuromag machine at the CBU:

== FreewarePackages ==
These are the most intensively used freeware software packages for EEG/MEG analysis at the CBU:

||'''[[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/SpmAnalysis|SPM]]''' ||'''[[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/AnalyzingData/MNE_overview|MNE]]''' ||'''[[http://fieldtrip.fcdonders.nl/|Fieldtrip]]''', '''[[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/FieldtripAnalysis|Fieldtrip at CBU]]''' ||
||developed at the [[http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/|FIL]] and at the [[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/SpmAnalysis|CBU]]. ||developed at [[http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/martinos/userInfo/data/sofMNE.php|MGH]] ||developed at the [[http://www.ru.nl/neuroimaging/|Donders centre]]. ||
For some more details look [[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/FreewarePackages|here]]. For an introduction and overview to different analysis approaches see our [[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/MEGday29Jan10|"MEG day" presentations]].

Other options are:

||'''[[http://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab|EEGLAB]]''' ||'''[[http://nutmeg.berkeley.edu|NUTMEG]]''' ||
||Matlab toolbox for EEG analysis (incl. ICA) || MEG/EEG analysis toolbox in conjunction with SPM8 ||


== CommercialPackages ==
We've got one or more licenses for the following software packages:
||[[http://www.neuroscan.com/curry.cfm|CURRY]] || [[http://www.besa.de/|BESA]] || [[http://www.ant-neuro.com/products/asa|ASA]] || [[http://www.sourcesignal.com/|EMSE]] || [[http://www.brainproducts.com/productdetails.php?id=17|BrainVision Analyzer ]] ||


== Neuromag Software ==
The [[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/NeuromagSoftware|Neuromag software]] is part of the [[http://www.elekta.com/healthcare_international_elekta_neuromag.php|Elekta Neuromag MEG system]] ([[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/VectorviewDescription|Vectorview configuration]]). You can get a general idea about the analysis pathway from the [[attachment:MEGAnalysisLectureJan07CBU.pdf|CBU introductory lecture into MEG analysis]] (the slides do not include the live software demos given at the lecture).

== MaxFilter ==
[[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/Maxfilter|MaxFilter]] is an essential pre-processing tool for MEG data, in order to remove noise sources likely to originate from outside the sensor array.

== More info on pre-processing (e.g. trigger coding) ==
[[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/preprocessing|Pre-processing pages]]

== If all this is new to you... ==
...you should start on our [[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/Beginners|Beginners' Pages]], with links to tutorials and more information on Matlab, Linux, Python etc.

== Literature, Mailing Lists, Web-Sites and Events around MEG ==
Here you can find [[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/MEGpapers|a list of papers]] and [[http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/MailingLists|of mailing lists, web-sites and events]] for various MEG-related topics.