= Introduction =
!BrainStorm is an integrated free Matlab toolbox dedicated to Magnetoencephalography(MEG) and Electroencephalography(EEG) data visualization and processing. Our intention is to make a comprehensive set of tools available to the scientific community involved in MEG/EEG experimental research.
== What you can do with BrainStorm ==
* Import MEG / EEG recordings from the most popular file formats ([[FileFormats|list here]])
* Data visualization:
* Various time series displays
* Data mapping on the head surface
* Generate slides and animations
* Channel selection
* Data filtering
* 3D surface rendering
* MRI visualization and coregistration:
* Import MRI scans, from most of the existing file formats ([[FileFormats|list here]])
* Co-registration with the MEG/EEG coordinate system
* Volume rendering
* Database:
* Classification of recordings with three levels of definition (protocol, subject, condition/event)
* Quick access to all the data in a study
* Quick comparison between subjects or conditions
* Graphic batching tools (apply a same process to many files in a few clicks)
* Forward modeling:
* Single sphere method
* Overlapping spheres method
* Realistic head models using BEM and FEM
* Inverse modeling:
* Minimum-norm imaging of the cortical current density
* Group analysis:
* Registration of individual brains on the MNI "Colin27" brain
* Statistical analysis (t-tests, permutations)
== What you cannot do with BrainStorm ==
* Intensive pre-processing of MEG/EEG recordings (noise, artifact correction/rejection, re-averaging, etc.):<
> => use your constructor's software, or other software solutions (MNE, EEGLab, etc.). [[Links|See here]].
* MRI segmentation:<
> => use !FreeSurfer, !BrainSuite or !BrainVisa. [[Links|See here]].
== Requirements ==
!BrainStorm is written in Matlab code only, thus it can run on any operating system supported by Matlab (including Windows, Linux, MacOS...).
If you have a Matlab licence:
* You can download and run directly the !BrainStorm source scripts,
* Minimum Matlab version: 7.1 (= R14-SP3)
* Minimum Java VM version: 1.5 (To check that: type "ver" at Matlab command prompt)
* No additional expensive toolbox required
If you do not have a Matlab licence:
* You can download the !BrainStorm binaries corresponding to your operating system.
* The executables are build using the Matlab Compiler (mcc)
* They will install automatically the Matlab Component Runtime (MCR) on your computer, a freely redistributable library