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OpenMEEG

A C++ package for low-frequency bio-electromagnetism
solving forward problems in the field of EEG and MEG.

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What is OpenMEEG?

The OpenMEEG software is developed within the Athena project-team at INRIA Sophia-Antipolis.
In was initiated in 2006 by the Odyssee Project Team (INRIA/ENPC/ENS Ulm).
OpenMEEG solves forward problems related to Magneto- and Electro-encephalography (MEG and EEG).
The forward problem uses the symmetric Boundary Element Method (symmetric BEM), providing excellent accuracy. (see publications list)

Using OpenMEEG

For M/EEG forward modeling:
- From Matlab for EEG and MEG using Fieldtrip.
For general lead fields computation (EEG, MEG, EIT, Internal potential):
- From Python (wrapping done using Swig)
- From a Bash script on Unix systems.
- From a BAT file on Windows.

License

OpenMEEG is distributed under the French opensource license CeCILL-B. It is intended to give users the freedom to modify and redistribute the software. It is therefore compatible with popular opensource licenses such as the GPL and BSD licenses. The CeCILL-B license imposes to anybody distributing a software incorporating OpenMEEG the obligation to give credits (by citing the appropriate publications), in order for all contributions to be properly identified and acknowledged.

The references to be acknowledged are:

A. Gramfort, T. Papadopoulo, E. Olivi, M. Clerc. OpenMEEG: opensource software for quasistatic bioelectromagnetics, BioMedical Engineering OnLine 45:9, 2010

Kybic J, Clerc M, Abboud T, Faugeras O, Keriven R, Papadopoulo T. A common formalism for the integral formulations of the forward EEG problem. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 24:12-28, 2005. [PDF]