Neonatal EEG Analysis Toolbox (NEAT)

About

Many qualitative and quantitative metrics have been developed to analyze the output of limited-channel EEG recordings in neonates. A significant roadblock in the widespread dissemination of these techniques is the device-specific, “black-box” nature of the analytic algorithms, preventing comparison between studies and the obsolescence of old recordings as software is abandoned. We have developed Neonatal EEG Analysis Toolbox (NEAT) as an open-source software platform to overcome these challenges. NEAT runs within MATLAB and is designed to work with any single-channel EEG input, regardless of source or sampling rate.  The second release adds support for GNU Octave.

Examples

Example of aEEG output generated by NEAT from a single-channel EEG
Example of aEEG output generated by NEAT from a single-channel EEG
Longitudinal SEF90as calculated by NEAT
Longitudinal SEF90as calculated by NEAT
Experimental NEAT GUI
Experimental NEAT GUI

Release notes

Second release

Released: July 16, 2020

  • Added GNU Octave variation of aEEG and SEF tools
  • Changed bandpass filter in SEF algorithm from Butterworth to FIR design for better GNU Octave compatibility

Initial release

Released: June 21, 2017

  • Includes two command-line MATLAB functions to generate aEEG signal and calculate spectral edge frequency
  • Includes experimental GUI, allowing for linked navigation of raw/aEEG signals
  • Includes brm_convert, a GUI for conversion of BRM files captured using the BrainZ BRM monitor to *.MAT files

Publications

  • The core algorithms and clinical validation was presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA – Moscone West Conference Center, May 8, 2017, 4:15p-7:30p. Session 3849.2, Board 514
  • Preprint available on arXiv.  Available at this link.
  • Peer-review manuscript forthcoming, details will be posted once available.

System requirements

  • MATLAB r2016a or later and Signal Processing toolbox
  • GNU Octave v4.4.1 and ‘signal’ package

Download

Please visit our code and sample files hosted on Mendeley Data.

NEAT v2 on Mendeley Data

Legal notice

Neonatal EEG Analysis Toolbox (NEAT) for the MATLAB Scientific Programming Language
Copyright (c) 2017-2020 Washington University
Created by: Zachary Vesoulis, Paul Gamble, Sid Jain, Amit Mathur

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