Plotting sensor layouts of EEG systems

This example illustrates how to load all the EEG system montages shipped in MNE-python, and display it on the fsaverage template subject.

# Authors: Alexandre Gramfort <alexandre.gramfort@inria.fr>
#          Joan Massich <mailsik@gmail.com>
#
# License: BSD-3-Clause
# Copyright the MNE-Python contributors.

import os.path as op

import numpy as np

import mne
from mne.channels.montage import get_builtin_montages
from mne.datasets import fetch_fsaverage
from mne.viz import set_3d_title, set_3d_view

Check all montages against a sphere

for current_montage in get_builtin_montages():
    montage = mne.channels.make_standard_montage(current_montage)
    info = mne.create_info(ch_names=montage.ch_names, sfreq=100.0, ch_types="eeg")
    info.set_montage(montage)
    sphere = mne.make_sphere_model(r0="auto", head_radius="auto", info=info)
    fig = mne.viz.plot_alignment(
        # Plot options
        show_axes=True,
        dig="fiducials",
        surfaces="head",
        trans=mne.Transform("head", "mri", trans=np.eye(4)),  # identity
        bem=sphere,
        info=info,
    )
    set_3d_view(figure=fig, azimuth=135, elevation=80)
    set_3d_title(figure=fig, title=current_montage)

Check all montages against fsaverage

subjects_dir = op.dirname(fetch_fsaverage())

for current_montage in get_builtin_montages():
    montage = mne.channels.make_standard_montage(current_montage)
    # Create dummy info
    info = mne.create_info(ch_names=montage.ch_names, sfreq=100.0, ch_types="eeg")
    info.set_montage(montage)
    fig = mne.viz.plot_alignment(
        # Plot options
        show_axes=True,
        dig="fiducials",
        surfaces="head",
        mri_fiducials=True,
        subject="fsaverage",
        subjects_dir=subjects_dir,
        info=info,
        coord_frame="mri",
        trans="fsaverage",  # transform from head coords to fsaverage's MRI
    )
    set_3d_view(figure=fig, azimuth=135, elevation=80)
    set_3d_title(figure=fig, title=current_montage)