Brain Station:a Workstation for Neuroscience Research

描述（由申请人提供）：在这个修订的I期申请中，神经行为系统（NBS）介绍了Brain-station，一个用于Windows， Linux和UNIX计算机的神经生理工作站。Brain-station将利用一种创新的开放式管道外壳（OPS），它可以(1)交互式地分析并发获取的数据集（例如，脑电图和同时的功能磁共振成像），(2)根据数据的特征控制刺激的传递。脑站分析将被封装在离散的可互换模块中，这些模块可以单独开发和测试，插入任何OPS管道，并以交互式或批量处理模式操作。国家统计局将通过财政奖励、软件开发工具包（sdk）和技术支持，鼓励用户和专业开发者开发和改进模块。为了提高Brain-station的实用性，NBS将引入基于xml的通用数据格式（UDF），该格式结合了所有现有EEG/MEG格式的特征，能够将九种不同的格式转换为UDF，并分发一个事件编码系统，允许对任何连续EEC/MEG信号源进行事件相关分析。在第一阶段结束时，Brain-station Developer’s Release将包括用于EEG/MEG数据编码、查看和重组的模块，以及完整的带有Matlab、c++等常见编程环境接口模块的sdk。第一阶段将为第二阶段完整的脑站工作站奠定基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this revised Phase I application Neurobehavioral Systems (NBS) introduces Brain-station, a neurophysiological workstation for Windows, Linux, and UNIX computers. Brain-station will utilize an innovative Open Pipeline Shell (OPS) that can (1) interactively analyze concurrently acquired data sets (e.g., EEG and simultaneous fMRI), and (2) control stimulus delivery based on features of the data. Brain-station analysis will be encapsulated in discrete interchangeable modules that can be developed and tested in isolation, inserted in any OPS pipeline, and operated in interactive or batch-processing modes. NBS will encourage module development and improvement by users and professional developers with financial incentives, software development kits (SDKs), and technical support. To increase Brain-station's utility, NBS will introduce XML-based Universal Data Format (UDF) incorporating the features of all existing EEG/MEG formats, enable the translation of nine different formats into/from UDF, and distribute an event-encoding system permitting event-related analyses with any source of continuous EEC/MEG signals. At the end of Phase I, Brain-station Developer's Release will include modules for encoding, viewing, and recombining EEG/MEG data, and complete SDKs with interface modules for Matlab, C++ and other common programming environments. Phase I will lay the foundation for a complete Brain-station workstation during Phase II.