Sample Installation and Training Schedule

With every purchase of EGI's Dense Array EEG Research System package, an EGI support engineer will install your system on site and train your team. The following is a sample schedule of an installation and training visit.

Day 1

9 a.m. - 12 Noon

  • Finish any unpacking / system setup.
  • Perform a quality assurance check of the system. 
  • Other people need not be present for this.

1 - 5 p.m.

  • Run through a sample ERP experiment from start to finish. (This experiment will require a willing subject to wear the Net.)
  • Presentation will be demonstration style (more detailed, hands-on training will follow the next two days) and will contain:
  • Net Station setup
  • E-Prime experimental control, design and setup
  • Geodesic Sensor Net application
  • Net Station data acquisition
  • Sample EPR experiment (run with  E-Prime)
  • Net Station review and analysis:
  • Net Station viewer
  • Filtering
  • Segmentation
  • Artifact Detection
  • Bad Channel replacement
  • Averaging
  • Rereferencing
  • Baseline Correction
  • 2D and 3D topographic color map animation
This session will provide an introduction to the capabilities of the entire system. The following two days of training will be more specific and hands-on.

 

Day 2

9 - 11 a.m.

  • Geodesic Sensor Net training.
  • Detailed, hands-on training on how to measure a subject, select the appropriate Net, locate the vertex on the subject's head and apply the Net.
We will then discuss how to determine if you have good electrode connections with the scalp and proceed with data collection. Next, we will discuss the removal and cleaning of the Net and some basic tips on general Net care.

This section is intended for anyone that will be involved with subjects, Net application, and Net maintenance. Usually the group practices on the other group members.

11 - 12 a.m.

  • Data Acquisition II
  • Collect ERP data from one of the members from the 9 - 11 group. We will cover a more detailed introduction to Net Station data acquisition.

This is intended for persons that will actually be involved in data
collection.

1 - 5 p.m.

  • Hands-on analysis tools training.
This session will provide a more detailed introduction to each part of the analysis tool software, and research team members will take turns using each of the tools to analyze the ERP data collected earlier in the day.
Intended for persons involved in data analysis.

 

Day 3

9 a.m. - 12 Noon

  • Hands-on acquisition training.
We can spend some time on E-Prime programming if desired.

1 - 4 p.m.

  • Hands-on analysis tools training.
This session will be similar to the one on Day 2. This can be for a new set of researchers or more training for the same people as on Day 1. We have found that actually having the group members try to use the software while we are present to answer questions is one of the most important parts of the training. Watching us run through everything is good for a overview, but to retain the information it is best to interact with the software directly.

4 - 5 p.m.

  • Finish any installation tasks and check system in its final configuration.