Hi all,

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To coincide with SfN 2011, we're about to make the YNiC MEG analysis software, the Neuroimaging Analysis Framework (NAF) available for beta testing by sites other than York. York Users already have this version of NAF installed on the YNiC machines.

NAF provides an open-source python toolbox for analysing MEG data incorporating various inverse methods, with transparent support for multiple-processor / cluster computing and methods for checking data provenance. At the same time we are releasing a python toolbox (python-megdata) which NAF depends on in order to natively read certain MEG data formats. At present, NAF's main focus is on beamforming support with dipole modelling and minimum norm analysis to follow shortly.

NAF's current system support is most mature for 4D Magnetometer-based systems (in particular the WH3600). 4D Gradiometer support will be added once suitable test data has been acquired. Experimental CTF data support is available and an example of a Matlab file-format reader is also included. Adding support for new systems is relatively straightforward and anyone interested in this is invited to contact the ynic-devel mailing list (for details see the project page).

The main YNiC software page can be found at: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/software

The NAF project development site (including links to documentation, mailing lists, issue tracking and other features) is at: https://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/tracker/projects/naf

with an up-to-date documentation build at: http://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/naf/

The "Getting Started and Installation" page is available: http://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/docs/naf/starting/installation.html (remember this is already installed on YNiC machines and therefore York users do not need to follow this step)

and the ynic-devel mailing list home page is: http://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ynic-devel

Copies of the poster and leaflets to be distributed at SfN can be found at: https://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/tracker/attachments/download/49/2011_sfn_leaflet... and https://vcs.ynic.york.ac.uk/tracker/attachments/download/51/2011_sfn_poster....

Please remember that this is beta software and that users should join the ynic-devel mailing list (details on the project page). Contributions of code, bug reports and/or test data are particularly welcome.

Thanks

Mark ==========================================================================