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! style="font-weight: bold;" | File Format/Manufacturer
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | File Format/Manufacturer/Software
! style="font-weight: bold;" | File extension
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | File Extension
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | File Formats Version
 
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| Alpha-Trace (alpha-trace medical software)
 
| Alpha-Trace (alpha-trace medical software)
 
| .alp
 
| .alp
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| tested up to v418-05
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ATES *
 
| ATES *
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| BDF (BioSemi)
 
| BDF (BioSemi)
 
| .bdf
 
| .bdf
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Beekeeper64 (Telefactor)
 
| Beekeeper64 (Telefactor)
 
| .eeg .dat
 
| .eeg .dat
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Bio-logic (CEEGraph) *
 
| Bio-logic (CEEGraph) *
 
| .eeg
 
| .eeg
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| BrainAmp / Brain Vision (Brain Products)
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| BrainAmp / BrainVision (Brain Products)
 
| .eeg .vhdr
 
| .eeg .vhdr
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| BrainLab (Schwarzer)
 
| BrainLab (Schwarzer)
 
| .sig
 
| .sig
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| BrainStar (Schwind Medizintechnik)
 
| BrainStar (Schwind Medizintechnik)
 
| .eeg
 
| .eeg
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| Compumedics (ProFusion EEG 4, installation required) *
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| Cadwell *, ***
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|
 +
|
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|-
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| Compumedics (ProFusion) *, **
 
| .sdy
 
| .sdy
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| ProFusion EEG 4, 5
 
|-
 
|-
 
| DCmes, PolyDC (MES)
 
| DCmes, PolyDC (MES)
 
| .dat
 
| .dat
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Deltamed (Coherence) *
 
| Deltamed (Coherence) *
 
| .eeg
 
| .eeg
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Deltamed (Neurofile)
 
| Deltamed (Neurofile)
 
| .eeg
 
| .eeg
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| EBNeuro (Galileo.NT and Galileo.NET 3.5)*
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| EBNeuro (Galileo) *, **
 
| .gnt .set
 
| .gnt .set
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| Galileo.NT, Galileo.NET 3.5
 
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|-
| EDF (European Data Format) and EDF+
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| EDF (European Data Format)
 
| .edf
 
| .edf
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| EDF, EDF+
 
|-
 
|-
 
| EEProbe (ANT)
 
| EEProbe (ANT)
 
| .cnt
 
| .cnt
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| Electrical Geodesics, Inc. (EGI)
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| Electrical Geodesics, Inc. - Raw data format
 
| .raw .ses
 
| .raw .ses
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| EGI MFF*
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| Electrical Geodesics, Inc. - Metafile Format (EGI MFF) *
 
| .xml
 
| .xml
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| up to MFF v3
 
|-
 
|-
| ERPSS
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| ERPSS *
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| g.Tec (Guger Technologies)
 
| g.Tec (Guger Technologies)
 
| .hdf5
 
| .hdf5
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| Galileo (EBNeuro, installation required) *
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| Galileo (EBNeuro) *
 
| .nt
 
| .nt
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Generic Reader (any ASCII formats; see BESA Program Help)
 
| Generic Reader (any ASCII formats; see BESA Program Help)
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| Grass-Telefactor (TWinREF) *
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| Grass-Telefactor (TwinRef) *
 
| .ref
 
| .ref
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| up to Twin v3.1
 
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|-
| InstEP *
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| InstEP *, ****
 
| .c .is .ia
 
| .c .is .ia
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| up to version 7.3 of the IWave Input/Output library
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Konstanz file format *
 
| Konstanz file format *
 
| .raw .sum
 
| .raw .sum
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| MANSCAN interchange format (SAM) *
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| ManScan interchange format (SAM) *
 
| .mbi
 
| .mbi
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Medtronic *
 
| Medtronic *
 
| .wg1
 
| .wg1
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| MEF (Multiscale Electrophysiology File 2.0)
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| MEF (Multiscale Electrophysiology File) *
 
| .xml
 
| .xml
 +
| MEF 2.0
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Micromed *
 
| Micromed *
 
| .trc
 
| .trc
 +
| up to Micromed EEG file Type 4
 
|-
 
|-
 
| NeurOne
 
| NeurOne
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Neuronic *
 
| Neuronic *
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| NeuroScan
 
| NeuroScan
 
| .cnt .avg
 
| .cnt .avg
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| NexStim
 
| NexStim
 
| .nxe
 
| .nxe
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Nicolet (Nicolet Biomedical Inc.) *
 
| Nicolet (Nicolet Biomedical Inc.) *
 
| .eeg
 
| .eeg
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| NicoletOne / Nervus (Nicolet Biomedical Inc., installation required) *
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| NicoletOne / Nervus (Nicolet Biomedical Inc.) *
 
| .e .eeg
 
| .e .eeg
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| Nihon Kohden EEG 1100 / 1200 / 2100
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| Nihon Kohden
 
| .eeg
 
| .eeg
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| EEG-1100, EEG-1200, EEG-2100
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Phoenix II (EMS) *
 
| Phoenix II (EMS) *
 
| s*.0 s*.1 …
 
| s*.0 s*.1 …
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|
 
|-
 
|-
| Stellate Systems (Harmonie, installation required) *
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| Stellate Systems (Harmonie) *, **
 
| .sig
 
| .sig
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| Harmonie 5.2c, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 7a
 
|-
 
|-
| Stellate Systems (Monitor)
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| Stellate Systems (Monitor) *, **
 
| .eeg
 
| .eeg
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Vangard (LaMont Medical Inc.) *
 
| Vangard (LaMont Medical Inc.) *
 
| B****, no extension
 
| B****, no extension
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| XLTEK *
 
| XLTEK *
 
| .eeg .erd
 
| .eeg .erd
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| up to v8.1
 
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Install this reader using "''Install Additional Readers.htm''" in the "''Utilities\Additional Readers\''" subfolder.
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Install this reader using "''Install Additional Readers.htm''" in the "''Utilities\Additional Readers\''" subfolder.
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> The EEG data format requires installation of the corresponding EEG system reader software or SDK.
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<nowiki>***</nowiki> The Cadwell reader requires the installation of the Cadwell Arc API. If this API is not already installed on your computer, download it from the following link and install it on your computer: [ftp://h1772544.stratoserver.net/public/Readers/Cadwell/ Link]. The API must be installed in the suggested default path on your C: drive.
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<nowiki>****</nowiki> Please note that a valid license for the IWave library is required in order to be able to read InstEP files.
  
 
==Supported MEG data formats==
 
==Supported MEG data formats==

Revision as of 12:06, 8 April 2016

BESA Research supports most major EEG and MEG file formats. Most file format readers are written by ourselves, others are supplied by the manufacturers. This document gives an overview of all the data formats that can be imported in BESA Research 6.1. If your file format cannot be found in this list, please contact us via our support form: BESA support form

The latest installers for the various file formats can be downloaded from the following site: BESA file format readers

Supported EEG data formats

File Format/Manufacturer/Software File Extension File Formats Version
Alpha-Trace (alpha-trace medical software) .alp tested up to v418-05
ATES *
BDF (BioSemi) .bdf
Beekeeper64 (Telefactor) .eeg .dat
Bio-logic (CEEGraph) * .eeg
BrainAmp / BrainVision (Brain Products) .eeg .vhdr
BrainLab (Schwarzer) .sig
BrainStar (Schwind Medizintechnik) .eeg
Cadwell *, ***
Compumedics (ProFusion) *, ** .sdy ProFusion EEG 4, 5
DCmes, PolyDC (MES) .dat
Deltamed (Coherence) * .eeg
Deltamed (Neurofile) .eeg
EBNeuro (Galileo) *, ** .gnt .set Galileo.NT, Galileo.NET 3.5
EDF (European Data Format) .edf EDF, EDF+
EEProbe (ANT) .cnt
Electrical Geodesics, Inc. - Raw data format .raw .ses
Electrical Geodesics, Inc. - Metafile Format (EGI MFF) * .xml up to MFF v3
ERPSS *
g.Tec (Guger Technologies) .hdf5
Galileo (EBNeuro) * .nt
Generic Reader (any ASCII formats; see BESA Program Help)
Grass-Telefactor (TwinRef) * .ref up to Twin v3.1
InstEP *, **** .c .is .ia up to version 7.3 of the IWave Input/Output library
Konstanz file format * .raw .sum
ManScan interchange format (SAM) * .mbi
Medtronic * .wg1
MEF (Multiscale Electrophysiology File) * .xml MEF 2.0
Micromed * .trc up to Micromed EEG file Type 4
NeurOne
Neuronic *
NeuroScan .cnt .avg
NexStim .nxe
Nicolet (Nicolet Biomedical Inc.) * .eeg
NicoletOne / Nervus (Nicolet Biomedical Inc.) * .e .eeg
Nihon Kohden .eeg EEG-1100, EEG-1200, EEG-2100
Phoenix II (EMS) * s*.0 s*.1 …
Stellate Systems (Harmonie) *, ** .sig Harmonie 5.2c, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 7a
Stellate Systems (Monitor) *, ** .eeg
Vangard (LaMont Medical Inc.) * B****, no extension
XLTEK * .eeg .erd up to v8.1

If files are in one of these formats, they can be read directly and conversion is not required. BESA Research also has a new, flexible interface for importing ASCII files which can be used in conjunction with the ASCII export functions of your software. Any EEG format can be converted to the compressed BESA binary format, ASCII format, EDF+ or simple binary format.

* Install this reader using "Install Additional Readers.htm" in the "Utilities\Additional Readers\" subfolder. ** The EEG data format requires installation of the corresponding EEG system reader software or SDK. *** The Cadwell reader requires the installation of the Cadwell Arc API. If this API is not already installed on your computer, download it from the following link and install it on your computer: Link. The API must be installed in the suggested default path on your C: drive. **** Please note that a valid license for the IWave library is required in order to be able to read InstEP files.

Supported MEG data formats

File Format/Manufacturer File extension
ASCII
BESA 2000 / FOCUS high compression format .foc .fsg
BTI (special export program exp2BESAbin in Unix system)
CTF .meg4
Neuromag .fif
Yokogawa * .con

* Install this reader using "Install Additional Readers.htm" in the "Utilities\Additional Readers\" subfolder.