Aug 2024
Biosig4Python for 64bit Windows is now available through pypi for python 3.9-3.12
This enables installing
pip install biosig
on windows-64bit, too.
Jan 2022
Biosig4Python is now supported on Cygwin.
Currently, that's thats there recommended way of using Biosig4Python on Windows
Jun 2021
The core code of
"MOD: A novel machine-learning optimal-filtering method for accurate and efficient detection of subthreshold synaptic events in vivo."
is now available through Biosig.
Dec 2020
Interface to Python and R on MS-Windows:
Biosig data files can now be imported by using
loadgdf.{py,r} and biosig2gdf.exe converter.
Nov 2020
Biosig (for Linux) is available on pypi.org, so
pip install Biosig
can be used now
Feb 2020
biosig-tools can be installed from homebrew
Jan 2020
libbiosig is included in Octave 5.2.0 for windows.
Oct 2019
biosig is available from test.pypy. It can be tested with
pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ biosig==1.9rc6
Jul 2019
libbiosig/biosig-tools 1.9.3 are included in Debian 10 (Buster)
Jan 2019
o) libbiosig/biosig-tools 1.9.3 are packaged in Debian/testing repository,
https://packages.qa.debian.org/b/biosig4c++.html
Dec 2018
Biosig (for Python) can now be installed with pip
pip install numpy pkgconfig
pip install https://pub.ist.ac.at/~schloegl/biosig/prereleases/Biosig-1.9.tar.gz
This works on GNU/Linux and MacOSX (libbiosig is a prerequiste)
Nov 2018
homebrew support added
brew tap schloegl/biosig
brew install libbiosig biosig
Oct 2018
language bindings for the following programming languages are available:
C/C++, Java, Mathematica, Matlab, Octave, Python 2/3, R (in alphabethical order)
Oct 2018
a number of biosignal data formats are added to file/magic/mimetype
https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/magic/Magdir/biosig
2018
mexbiosig can be installed in octave with
pkg install https://pub.ist.ac.at/~schloegl/biosig/prereleases/mexbiosig-1.9.3.src.tar.gz
Nov 2015
homebrew support added
brew tap schloegl/biosig
brew install biosig mexbiosig
Mar 2013
GDF v2.5 released: support for timezone, time stamps, and SCP sections 7-11 added
GDF got a step closer to provide a backwards compatible way to upgrade
Oct 2013
libgdf - a small lightwight library, with the same API than libbiosig
Aug 2012
<NEW> utility functions of detection miniature epsp and ipsp events added
the tools get_local_maxima_above_threshold.m and signal_deconvolution.m
are available from biosig4octmat/t300
Jul 2012
packages for libbiosig, biosig4c++-tools, mexSLOAD and biosig4python
will become available for Debian/Wheezy
Jun 2012
Support of FEF data format implemented
May 2012
Support on NetBSD tested
May 2012
NIRS tools of Günter Bauernfeind added.
Apr 2012
Stimfit can be used with biosig
Dec 2011
Support for Itanium and SPARC/Solaris platform fixed
Support for Philips Sierra ECG added
Oct 2011
Support for ARM platform improved
Aug 2011
Support detecting spikes, actionpotentials and bursts added
Jul 2011
SigViewer patch to fix several issues
Apr 2011
Several new fileformats, including HEKA/Patchmaster v2, CFS and
Igor text format (ITX), have been included.
Jan 2011
MathLink interface to Mathematica
Nov 2010
switch from mingw to mingw-cross-env for win32
Oct 2009
Support spatial filters in biosig4c++ (libbiosig).
Mar 2009
Several new file formats supported including alpha-trace (B.E.S.T), GE-ECG
Improvements in: BVA, CNT, EDF+, GDF, FAMOS, MFER, SCP, DICOM, HL7aECG
Feb 2009
Introduction of biosig client-server (BSCS) architecture.
The first prototyp can be used as a central archive for biomedical signal data.
Nov 2008
mexSLOAD.mexw32 - Mex-file for WIN32/matlab available.
About 30 file formats are supported in libbiosig used by mexSLOAD, sigviewer, save2gdf
About 50 file formats are supported in biosig for octave and matlab
Aug 2008
save2gdf.exe - a file converter for WIN32 is available
Jul 2008
GDF v2.1 defined, BCI2000 implements GDFv2.1
May 2008
SigViewer 0.2 supports approx. 15 different data formats.
Apr 2008
MEX-Interface speeds up data access
Mar 2008
BioSig4C++ supports now reading of ca 15 data formats including:
ACQ, AINF, BDF, BKR, BrainVision, CFWB, CNT, DEMG, EDF, EGI,
ETG4000, GDF v1, GDF v2, HL7aECG/FDA-XML, MFER, SCP-ECG.
Sep 2007
BioSig4C++ supports reading of MFER data
Aug 2007
BioSig4C++ supports the bidirectional conversion between the following
six 6 data formats: SCP, HL7aECG, GDF, BDF, EDF, CFWB
Jul 2007
CSP classifier included in BioSig4OctMat
Jun 2007
SCP-ECG - HL7aECG converter is available through BioSig4C++
Oct 2006
Sparse-LDA and libSVM classifier included.
Aug 2006
GDF2.0 is finalized.
Jul 2006
removing line interference supported.
Jun 2006
LDA/GSVD classifier added. LDA/GSVD is able to address the small sample size
problem. Hence, it is very suitable for high dimensional data.
May 2006
BioSig improves ranking:
it's now within top 1000 projects on SourceForge
and is the top rank project in the field (keyword search on "EEG ECG Biosignal")
Mar 2006
BioSig for Python started
Mar 2006
The stats-activity at SourceForge shows 99.1 % for BioSig.
Thus, BioSig belongs to the top 1% projects.
BioSig is the top project in the field of EEG and biomedical signal processing.
Jan 2006
Converter between SCP and aECG started
Dec 2005
BioSig for Java started
Nov 2005
Benchmark test based on BioSig developed
Oct 2005
BioSig's homepage got a new layout - thanks to Clemens Brunner
Sep 2005
Several subprojects are started:
- Biosig4c++ is a C/C++ library for accessing GDF and other dataformats is started.
- SigViewer is a Viewing and Scoring software programmed in C/C++ and Qt
- BioProFeed is a real-time acquisition analysis system based on RTAI
- rtsBCI is a realtime BCI system based on Matlab/Simulink
- biosig4octmat is the known Biosig-toolbox for Octave and Matlab
Aug 2005
The next version (2.0) of the GDF data format 2.0 is under development.
GDF2.0 will contain many new features while having still a simple file
structure like EDF and GDF 1.x.
Jul 2005
BioProFeed: realtime data aquisition tool based on RTAI - thanks to Andreas Glatz
Jun 2005
new version of rtsBCI available - thanks to Reinhold Scherer
Apr 2005
BIOSIG supports more dataformats (of biomedical signals) than
any other software package. Currently, over 30 different biosignal formats
and several image and sound formats are supported.
Mar 2005
BIOSIG has been tested with whole Physiobank.
Mar 2005
TLOAD loads and triggers data, rejects visually identified artifacts.
All processing steps are included in TLOAD.
Feb 2005
multiclass LDA included
Dec 2004
BCI competition 2005 has been announced. Support for
these datasets is included in BIOSIG.
Nov 2004
SVIEWER, a powerful viewing and scoring
program is included. Now, it is really an important
milestone which justifies the new version number 1.00.
Thanks to Franz Einspieler, a student of the
University of Technology Graz, Austria.
Nov 2004
Support of several IMAGE-, MESH- and MATRIX- formats added
8 file formats can be written
39 file formats can be read,
ca. 100 formats are identified
Sep 2004
Interface to EEGLAB improved
BIOSIG and EEGLAB work together
Aug 15th, 2004
Online HELP uploaded
HELP is now available online at
http://biosig.sf.net/help/ and
http://pub.ist.ac.at/~schloegl/matlab/help/
Jul 7th, 2004
BIOSIG 0.65 released
minor changes
May 24th, 2004
New Release: BIOSIG 0.60
More dataformats, new features, improved performance.
see release notes for more details
May 05th, 2004
New Release: Dataformat 1.40
see release notes for more details
Apr 16, 2004
EEG data of the Graz BCI experiments are saved in GDF format using the BIOSIG toolbox:
The Event Codes as proposed in http://dpmi.tu-graz.ac.at/~schloegl/matlab/eeg/EventCodes.html
are implemented in the GDF format. This allows to save EEG data and Events in a single file.
The advantage of this solution is based on some modifications of the originally, simple
EDF format.
April 16th, 2004
Thanks to Robert Oostenveld's effort,
support for 3 more data formats is included.
BrainVision, FIF and EEProbe are supported now.
April 4th, 2004
BIOSIG reaches new record number of monthly
downloads. In March 497 downloads are counted.
The last record number was in Oct 2003 with
367 downloads.
April 1st, 2004
Alois Schloegl is 3rd winner of the
OpenECG programming contest. CONGRATULATION.
He received the prize for implemented an
Converter for the SCP-ECG data format for Octave.
The converver is part of the BIOSIG.
March, 2004
Robert Oostenveld will include support for
the following formats: CTF, NeuroMag, BrainVision, EEProbe
March 8th, 2004
New releases from the BIOSIG project.
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