EEG Topographic Analysis Package (eegtopo)

A slim and highly specific pip-installable Python package for EEG topographic mapping and cluster-based permutation testing.

What can you do with this package?

• Create publication-quality topographic maps
• Perform cluster-based permutation testing with automatic spatial adjacency
• Simple DataFrame interface - just bring your data, no complex setup required

Example Results

Top row: Dataset with significant frontal alpha effect (GSN-HydroCel-256). Bottom row: Null data showing no significant clusters.

Installation

pip install eegtopo

or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/idossha/eegtopo.git
pip install .

Quick Start

import pandas as pd
from eegtopo import TopographicAnalysis, run_cluster_analysis

# Your data - just needs subject, channel, value, and condition columns
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'subject': ['sub-01', 'sub-01', 'sub-02', 'sub-02', ...],
    'channel': ['E1', 'E1', 'E1', 'E1', ...],
    'condition': ['pre', 'post', 'pre', 'post', ...],
    'power': [1.2, 2.3, 1.1, 2.1, ...]
})

# Method 1: One-shot analysis
results = run_cluster_analysis(
    df,
    condition_a='pre',
    condition_b='post',
    value_col='power',
    plot=True,
    save_path='results.png'
)

print(f"Found {results['results'].n_sig_clusters} significant clusters")
print(results['results'].summary())

Working with Different Montages

# Standard 10-20 system
analysis = TopographicAnalysis(df, montage_name='standard_1020')

# EGI 128-channel
analysis = TopographicAnalysis(df, montage_name='GSN-HydroCel-128')

# Exclude certain channels
analysis = TopographicAnalysis(
    df, 
    exclude_channels=['Cz', 'E67', 'E73']  # Reference and rim electrodes
)

Manual Plotting

# Plot custom values
values = {'E1': 1.5, 'E2': 2.3, 'E3': 0.8, ...}
fig, ax, im = analysis.plot_topomap(values, title="Custom Map")

# Plot with significance highlighting
sig_mask = np.array([True, False, True, ...])  # One per channel
fig, ax, im = analysis.plot_topomap(
    values, 
    sig_mask=sig_mask,
    title="Significant Channels Highlighted"
)

Input Data Format

The DataFrame should have these columns (names are flexible):

• Subject ID: Column identifying subjects (e.g., 'subject', 'subj', 'participant')
• Channel: Channel names matching your montage (e.g., 'E1', 'Cz', 'Fz')
• Value: The measurement value (e.g., 'power', 'count', 'amplitude', 'density')
• Condition: Condition labels for paired comparisons (e.g., 'pre', 'post', 'stim')

Example:

   subject channel condition  power
0   sub-01      E1       pre    1.2
1   sub-01      E1      post    2.3
2   sub-01      E2       pre    0.8
3   sub-01      E2      post    1.9
...

API Reference

TopographicAnalysis

Main class for topographic analysis.

Constructor Parameters:

• df: Input DataFrame
• subject_col: Subject column name (default: 'subject')
• channel_col: Channel column name (default: 'channel')
• value_col: Value column name (default: 'value')
• condition_col: Condition column name (default: 'condition')
• montage_name: MNE montage name (default: 'GSN-HydroCel-256')
• exclude_channels: List of channels to exclude

Methods:

• run_cluster_test(condition_a, condition_b, threshold, n_permutations, ...) - Run cluster permutation test
• plot_cluster_results(results, ...) - Plot cluster test results
• plot_mean_topomap(condition, ...) - Plot mean values
• plot_topomap(values, ...) - Plot custom values

run_cluster_analysis

Convenience function for one-shot analysis.

run_cluster_analysis(
    df,
    condition_a='pre',
    condition_b='post',
    threshold=None,  # or float, 'tfce', dict
    n_permutations=1024,
    plot=True,
    save_path='output.png'
)

Requirements

• Python >= 3.8
• numpy >= 1.20.0
• scipy >= 1.7.0
• matplotlib >= 3.3.0
• pandas >= 1.3.0
• mne >= 1.0.0

License

MIT License

Citation

If you use this package in your research, please cite:

EEG Topographic Analysis Package (eegtopo), 2024
https://github.com/yourusername/eegtopo