eelbrain.pipeline.MneExperiment.set_inv

MneExperiment.set_inv(ori='free', snr=3, method='dSPM', depth=0.8, pick_normal=False, **state)

Set the type of inverse solution used for source estimation

Parameters:
  • ori ('free' | 'fixed' | 'vec' | float ]0, 1]) –

    Orientation constraint (default 'free'; use a number between 0 and 1 to specify a loose constraint).

    At each source point, …

    • free: … estimate a current dipole with arbitrary direction. For further analysis, only the magnitude of the current is retained, while the direction is ignored. This is good for detecting changes in neural current strength when current direction is variable (for example, due to anatomical differences between subjects).

    • fixed: … estimate current flow orthogonal to the cortical surface. The sign of the estimates indicates current direction relative to the surface (positive for current out of the brain).

    • vec: … estimate a current vector with arbitrary direction, and return this current as 3 dimensional vector.

    • loose (float): … estimate a current dipole with arbitrary direction. Then, multiple the two components parallel to the surface with this number, and retain the magnitude.

  • snr (float) – SNR estimate used for regularization (λ = 1 / snr). Larger λ (smaller SNR) correspond to spatially smoother and weaker current estimates. 3 is recommended for averaged responses, 1 for raw or single trial data. Set to 0 for unregularized inverse solution (λ = 0).

  • method ('MNE' | 'dSPM' | 'sLORETA' | 'eLORETA') – Noise normalization method. MNE uses unnormalized current estimates. dSPM [1] (default) sLORETA [2] and eLORETA [3] normalize each the estimate at each source with an estimate of the noise at that source (default 'dSPM').

  • depth (float) – Depth weighting [4] (0 to disable depth weighting).

  • pick_normal (bool) – Estimate a free orientation current vector, then pick the component orthogonal to the cortical surface and discard the parallel components.

  • ... – State parameters.

Notes

For details, see the MNE documentation on the inverse operator

Warning

Free and loose orientation inverse solutions have a non-zero expected value. In that case, when source localizing condition averages, the number of trials affects the expected value. For designs with unequal number of trials per cell, be sure to use equalize_evoked_count appropriately.

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