mne.channels.make_standard_montage¶

mne.channels.make_standard_montage(kind, head_size=0.095)[source]¶

Read a generic (built-in) montage.

Parameters

kindstr: The name of the montage to use. See notes for valid kinds.
head_sizefloat: The head size (radius, in meters) to use for spherical montages. Defaults to 95mm.

Returns

montageinstance of DigMontage: The montage.

See also

DigMontage
make_dig_montage
read_custom_montage

Notes

Individualized (digitized) electrode positions should be read in using read_dig_captrak(), read_dig_dat(), read_dig_egi(), read_dig_fif(), read_dig_polhemus_isotrak(), read_dig_hpts() or made with make_dig_montage().

Valid kind arguments are:

Kind	Description
standard_1005	Electrodes are named and positioned according to the international 10-05 system (343+3 locations)
standard_1020	Electrodes are named and positioned according to the international 10-20 system (94+3 locations)
standard_alphabetic	Electrodes are named with LETTER-NUMBER combinations (A1, B2, F4, …) (65+3 locations)
standard_postfixed	Electrodes are named according to the international 10-20 system using postfixes for intermediate positions (100+3 locations)
standard_prefixed	Electrodes are named according to the international 10-20 system using prefixes for intermediate positions (74+3 locations)
standard_primed	Electrodes are named according to the international 10-20 system using prime marks (’ and ‘’) for intermediate positions (100+3 locations)
biosemi16	BioSemi cap with 16 electrodes (16+3 locations)
biosemi32	BioSemi cap with 32 electrodes (32+3 locations)
biosemi64	BioSemi cap with 64 electrodes (64+3 locations)
biosemi128	BioSemi cap with 128 electrodes (128+3 locations)
biosemi160	BioSemi cap with 160 electrodes (160+3 locations)
biosemi256	BioSemi cap with 256 electrodes (256+3 locations)
easycap-M1	EasyCap with 10-05 electrode names (74 locations)
easycap-M10	EasyCap with numbered electrodes (61 locations)
EGI_256	Geodesic Sensor Net (256 locations)
GSN-HydroCel-32	HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net and Cz (33+3 locations)
GSN-HydroCel-64_1.0	HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net (64+3 locations)
GSN-HydroCel-65_1.0	HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net and Cz (65+3 locations)
GSN-HydroCel-128	HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net (128+3 locations)
GSN-HydroCel-129	HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net and Cz (129+3 locations)
GSN-HydroCel-256	HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net (256+3 locations)
GSN-HydroCel-257	HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net and Cz (257+3 locations)
mgh60	The (older) 60-channel cap used at MGH (60+3 locations)
mgh70	The (newer) 70-channel BrainVision cap used at MGH (70+3 locations)