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%matplotlib inline

Assemble inverse operator and compute MNE-dSPM inverse solution

Assemble M/EEG, MEG, and EEG inverse operators and compute dSPM inverse solution on MNE evoked dataset and stores the solution in stc files for visualisation.


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# Author: Alexandre Gramfort <alexandre.gramfort@telecom-paristech.fr>
#
# License: BSD (3-clause)

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import mne
from mne.datasets import sample
from mne.minimum_norm import (make_inverse_operator, apply_inverse,
                              write_inverse_operator)

print(__doc__)

data_path = sample.data_path()
fname_fwd_meeg = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis-meg-eeg-oct-6-fwd.fif'
fname_fwd_eeg = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis-eeg-oct-6-fwd.fif'
fname_cov = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis-shrunk-cov.fif'
fname_evoked = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis-ave.fif'

snr = 3.0
lambda2 = 1.0 / snr ** 2

# Load data
evoked = mne.read_evokeds(fname_evoked, condition=0, baseline=(None, 0))
forward_meeg = mne.read_forward_solution(fname_fwd_meeg, surf_ori=True)
noise_cov = mne.read_cov(fname_cov)

# Restrict forward solution as necessary for MEG
forward_meg = mne.pick_types_forward(forward_meeg, meg=True, eeg=False)
# Alternatively, you can just load a forward solution that is restricted
forward_eeg = mne.read_forward_solution(fname_fwd_eeg, surf_ori=True)

# make an M/EEG, MEG-only, and EEG-only inverse operators
info = evoked.info
inverse_operator_meeg = make_inverse_operator(info, forward_meeg, noise_cov,
                                              loose=0.2, depth=0.8)
inverse_operator_meg = make_inverse_operator(info, forward_meg, noise_cov,
                                             loose=0.2, depth=0.8)
inverse_operator_eeg = make_inverse_operator(info, forward_eeg, noise_cov,
                                             loose=0.2, depth=0.8)

write_inverse_operator('sample_audvis-meeg-oct-6-inv.fif',
                       inverse_operator_meeg)
write_inverse_operator('sample_audvis-meg-oct-6-inv.fif',
                       inverse_operator_meg)
write_inverse_operator('sample_audvis-eeg-oct-6-inv.fif',
                       inverse_operator_eeg)

# Compute inverse solution
stcs = dict()
stcs['meeg'] = apply_inverse(evoked, inverse_operator_meeg, lambda2, "dSPM",
                             pick_ori=None)
stcs['meg'] = apply_inverse(evoked, inverse_operator_meg, lambda2, "dSPM",
                            pick_ori=None)
stcs['eeg'] = apply_inverse(evoked, inverse_operator_eeg, lambda2, "dSPM",
                            pick_ori=None)

# Save result in stc files
names = ['meeg', 'meg', 'eeg']
for name in names:
    stcs[name].save('mne_dSPM_inverse-%s' % name)

View activation time-series


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plt.close('all')
plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6))
for ii in range(len(stcs)):
    name = names[ii]
    stc = stcs[name]
    plt.subplot(len(stcs), 1, ii + 1)
    plt.plot(1e3 * stc.times, stc.data[::150, :].T)
    plt.ylabel('%s\ndSPM value' % str.upper(name))
plt.xlabel('time (ms)')
plt.show()