= 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.