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MRIVIEW is a freely available, open-source software package written in IDL that is used to analyze and visualize brain imaging data. Key capabilities of MRIVIEW include a multi-start, multi-dipole, spatiotemporal MEG/EEG modeling program, an MEG/EEG Forward Simulator program, a large suite of image and volume processing for manipulating MRI or CT data, and both two-dimensional and three-dimensional visualization tools. Dipole-based modeling is provided by the Calibrated Start Spatio-Temporal (CSST) multi-dipole inverse procedure that runs numerous spatiotemporal multi-dipole inverse fits from randomly selected sets of starting locations derived from a calibrated grid of cortical locations, to find a small number of sets of dipoles and associated timecourses that best fit the data. The MEG/EEG Forward Simulator provides an interactive environment for creating a wide range of realistic MEG/EEG forward simulations. A segmented layer of cortical voxels from a subject’s MRI data is used to create cortical activity patches of arbitrary size and shape, and a tool is provided to assign individual timecourses to these patches. The head-to-sensor system geometry is used to create sensor forward values, based on the patch timecourses, and user-selected noise levels. A fully integrated visualization environment is provided to view CSST and Forward Simulator results. MRIVIEW relies on a companion package, MEGAN, which provides extensive capabilities in signal processing and organization of MEG/EEG data.
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Ranken, D. (2019). MRIVIEW: A Software Package for the Analysis and Visualization of Brain Imaging Data. In: Supek, S., Aine, C. (eds) Magnetoencephalography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62657-4_10-1
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