Estimate covariance matrix from Epochs baselineΒΆ

We first define a set of Epochs from events and a raw file. Then we estimate the noise covariance of prestimulus data, a.k.a. baseline.

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

import mne
from mne import io
from mne.datasets import sample

print(__doc__)

data_path = sample.data_path()
fname = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis_raw.fif'
event_fname = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis_filt-0-40_raw-eve.fif'
event_id, tmin, tmax = 1, -0.2, 0.5

raw = io.Raw(fname)

Set parameters

raw_fname = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis_filt-0-40_raw.fif'

#   Setup for reading the raw data
raw = io.Raw(raw_fname)
events = mne.read_events(event_fname)

#   Set up pick list: EEG + STI 014 - bad channels (modify to your needs)
include = []  # or stim channels ['STI 014']
raw.info['bads'] += ['EEG 053']  # bads + 1 more

# pick EEG channels
picks = mne.pick_types(raw.info, meg=True, eeg=True, stim=False, eog=True,
                       include=include, exclude='bads')
# Read epochs, with proj off by default so we can plot either way later
reject = dict(grad=4000e-13, mag=4e-12, eeg=80e-6, eog=150e-6)
epochs = mne.Epochs(raw, events, event_id, tmin, tmax, picks=picks,
                    baseline=(None, 0), reject=reject, proj=False)

# Compute the covariance on baseline
cov = mne.compute_covariance(epochs, tmin=None, tmax=0)
print(cov)

Out:

Too few samples (required : 1825 got : 1550), covariance estimate may be unreliable
<Covariance  |  size : 364 x 364, n_samples : 1550, data : [[  2.17049386e-23   4.70340456e-24   3.87826687e-25 ...,   1.02882600e-17
    7.56134018e-18   1.27495888e-17]
 [  4.70340456e-24   5.62172415e-24   1.82036107e-25 ...,   2.98237933e-18
    2.32035507e-18   4.82006907e-18]
 [  3.87826687e-25   1.82036107e-25   7.61915421e-26 ...,  -1.06502799e-19
   -1.18416466e-19   9.10651465e-20]
 ...,
 [  1.02882600e-17   2.98237933e-18  -1.06502799e-19 ...,   4.10264374e-11
    3.89758876e-11   3.34306668e-11]
 [  7.56134018e-18   2.32035507e-18  -1.18416466e-19 ...,   3.89758876e-11
    4.09615144e-11   3.11633167e-11]
 [  1.27495888e-17   4.82006907e-18   9.10651465e-20 ...,   3.34306668e-11
    3.11633167e-11   3.24035358e-11]]>

Show covariance

mne.viz.plot_cov(cov, raw.info, colorbar=True, proj=True)
# try setting proj to False to see the effect
  • ../../_images/sphx_glr_plot_estimate_covariance_matrix_baseline_001.png
  • ../../_images/sphx_glr_plot_estimate_covariance_matrix_baseline_002.png

Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 3.727 seconds)

Download Python source code: plot_estimate_covariance_matrix_baseline.py