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2006

Posted: May 17, 2006

Geodesic EEG in Boeing's Design of Next-Generation Aviation Informatics

As described in its annual report. Boeing is developing innovative technologies in such areas as augmented cognition, where the company is using the Geodesic Sensor Net to monitor the brain activity of system operators. Researchers are analyzing the dense-array EEG data to determine when and how to adjust the format and flow of displayed information to maximize operator performance.

Posted: April 17, 2006

On a Mindbender

Talk about a noisy environment! EGI's acquisition system successfully collected EEG data of individuals riding Mindbender, the world's largest indoor high-speed, triple-loop roller coaster. The EEG work was part of a study to collect and compare the brainwaves of thrill-seeking and thrill-adverse individuals as they rode the giant roller coaster housed in Canada's West Edmonton Mall.

Mindbender, and the EEG work, will be featured in the upcoming "SuperCoasters," a TV special airing Monday, May 29, at 8:00 p.m EST (9:00 p.m. PST), on the National Geographic Channel. More details and a video preview are available at http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/supercoasters/.

An article on the National Geographic website provides additional information about how dense-array EEG was used in the show.

Posted: April 4, 2006

60 Feet under the Sea

EGI is working with the McMaster University Centre for Minimal Access Surgery and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on NEEMO 9 (the ninth mission of the NASA Extreme Environment Missions Operations). During April 3-20, NEEMO 9 will be conducted at Aquarius, which is owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and is the world's only permanent undersea habitat and laboratory.

NEEMO 9 isolates aquanauts on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean under the constant pressure of 60 feet of water, where they will stay for 18 days. The aquanauts are helping to research the influence of network delays in communication on motor tasks.

New technologies allow remote medical procedures, including surgery, to be performed with robotics. The delay in feedback on the actions performed remotely cause difficulty for accuracy in those actions. Research with EGI's dense-array EEG is allowing NASA to understand the time delays that may be particularly problematic for motor feedback.

Live web cams let you see the aquanauts as they go about their daily activities at the lab; if you're lucky, you might see an aquanaut or two wearing a HydroCel GSN (images above). To view the web cams, go to http://www.uncw.edu/aquarius/ and click on the "Live Web Cams" link.

For the scientific information about how dense-array EEG relates to this project, see Luu, P. & D.M. Tucker. (2001). Regulating action: Alternating activation of midline frontal and motor cortical networks. Clinical Neurophysiology, 112, 1295-1306.

(Cut-away illustration of lab from NOAA)

Posted: March 28, 2006

GSN in WSJ and on PBS

An article in the March 24, 2006, issue of the Wall Street Journal profiled a PBS program called "The New Medicine" (premiering on March 29, 9:00–11:00 p.m. ET; check local listings for other showings). Accompanying the article was a photo of Buddhist monk Barry Kerzin wearing a GSN.

According to "The New Medicine" website (http://thenewmedicine.org), Kerzin participated in a study to examine how meditation can help us train our minds to make us more resilient.

"The New Medicine" profiles other alternative approaches and explores the shift in health care toward a more holistic approach that treats the whole person, not just the disease. The website says that patients and doctors alike are promoting this integrative approach, which encourages patients to become more-active participants in the care of their own health.

(Photo courtesy of Middlemarch Films/TPT)
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Posted: March 20, 2006

Measuring Tissue Conductivity; In collaboration with the University of Oregon Neuroinformatics Center, EGI scientists are developing methods for measuring the conductivity of the tissue of the human head. Accurate skull conductivity is particularly important in evaluating data from infants and children.
: The initial report on implementing this conductivity scanning approach with high-performance computing won the "Best Paper" award at the 2005 International Conference in Computational Science. A summary of this report was recently published in Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation.

Posted: February 8, 2006

Untangling the Web

Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

- "Marmion," by Sir Walter Scott

The February 6, 2006, issue of the New York Times magazine explores the art and science of lie detection, a topic of current interest to federal agencies concerned with "credibility assessment."

Featured on the magazine cover is EGI's Geodesic Sensor Net, which researchers at the University of South Carolina are using to study deception. The article discusses other tools such as functional magnetic resonance imaging machines, thermal scanners, eye trackers, the old-fashioned polygraph, and the even-older practice of face reading (receiving a twenty-first-century updating by the Facial Action Coding system, a precise categorization of 10,000 or so facial expressions).

According to the article, detecting lies is just half the battle; what to do with the information once we have it raises even more questions.

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Posted: January 31, 2006

Getting Wired; The February 2006 issue of Wired magazine explores the newest hot topic in neuroscience: meditation.; The Dalai Lama's guest appearance at the Society of Neuroscience's annual meeting in November sparked controversy within the society, with some members concerned about the blurring line between religion and science.
: But for others, such as Dr. Richard Davidson, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has been studying the effects of meditation on the brain for years, the heightened states of mind achieved by Buddhist monks suggest that a disciplined and trained brain is capable of far more than previously imagined. Hmm . . . in the not-so-distant future, could depression be treated with meditation and yoga, rather than Prozac or Zoloft?

Posted: January 31, 2006

EGI Posts Strong Growth in 2005

EGI starts out the new year bolstered by its performance in 2005. The company saw strong sales in both its medical device and research instruments segments last year, boosting net sales by 63%. EGI has leased a new 8,000-square-foot production facility in northeast Eugene, to meet the anticipated demand for its line of high-performance Geodesic EEG Systems. A press release about EGI's performance in 2005 is available here.

Posted: January 31, 2006

Using BESA with Net Station

Wondering about the best way to use Net Station data with BESA? This practical guide lays it all out, in four short pages. The guide discusses the entire processes for both unprocessed data and ERP data. Covered are segmentation markup (for unprocessed data only), data export, opening the data in BESA, and loading sensor coordinates.

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2005

Posted: December 15, 2005

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

The Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) at the University of Iowa and EGI have collaborated to create a portable physio-metrology laboratory that can be used on various research platforms.

The laboratory provides researchers with the ability to conduct research in an unprecedented manner by collecting a holistic picture of human performance in advanced and complex operational systems.

Furthermore, it enables a completely new insight on the complex interplay amongst stimuli, brain activity, psychophysiological processes, and different engineering designs of human-machine systems, by fusing together cutting-edge insights from both engineering and neuroscience.

Check out the pictures at http://opl.ecn.uiowa.edu/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=CARP&page=2.

Posted: December 2005

Understanding Epilepsy

One form of epileptic seizures is described as "generalized" in that they were thought to arise in the entire brain simultaneously. Analysis of generalized (absence) seizures with 256-channel EEG (Holmes, et al., Epilepsia, 2004) has shown that the onset is not generalized, but can be traced to specific networks in the frontal lobe. The commentary by Dr. Faught in the recent issue of The Lancet argues that this new evidence should lead us to redefine our medical description of this syndrome of epilepsy.

Posted: November 2005

Harborview Installs EGI System

Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, has installed a 256-channel Geodesic EEG System for long-term monitoring of epileptic patients. More details are provided in a press release from Harborview.

Posted: August 15, 2005

EGI GSN on Cover of Newsweek

EGI's Geodesic Sensor Net (GSN) made news again (see Explore Your Mind below), this time on the cover of the August 15, 2005, issue of Newsweek. Researchers are using EGI's GSN and other technologies to learn more about what the infant brain perceives.

Posted: July 28, 2005

EGI Workshop Slated for September in the United Kingdom

EGI will hold a dense-array EEG workshop on Wednesday, September 14, 2005, during the annual conference of the British Psychophysiological Society. The four-hour workshop (from 9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.) will cover EEG acquisition with EGI's new HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net, review and analysis of EEG data with EGI's Net Station, 3D sensor registration with EGI's Geodesic Photogrammetry System, and a preview of the new Geodesic Electrical Source Imaging extension to Net Station (in development).

A poster of the workshop can be downloaded here.

Posted: July 25, 2005

Seattle Physician Helps Shape Epilepsy Diagnosis in China

This June, Harborview Medical Center (Seattle, WA) neurologist Dr. Mark Holmes was invited to speak at the first-ever meeting of the Chinese Association Against Epilepsy (CAAE) in Beijing about his innovative work in applying advanced EEG methods to the diagnosis and localization of epileptic seizures.

Working with the 256-channel Geodesic EEG System from EGI, Dr. Holmes and his colleagues have been able to identify the brain areas responsible for seizure onset in five patients with absence seizures previously diagnosed as suffering from idiopathic generalized (nonlocalized) epilepsy. It is hoped that this work with lead to expanded treatment options (Epilepsia, 2004).

More details are provided in the EGI press release about Dr. Holmes's talk.

Posted: July 2005

New EGI Distributor in France

EGI is happy and proud to announce that we have signed an agreement with BLONDET Consultants for distributing EGI products in France.; If you are an existing customer, or are planning to purchase EGI equipment soon, you have the choice of using our list prices and accessing EGI Technical Support directly.; Marc Blondet, president of the company, has a long-established reputation in the medical field, including EEG. You are welcome to contact M. Blondet at marc_blondet@yahoo.fr or Helene Dupont at helene.dupont@libertysurf.fr.
: Here is the address for your records:
(Corporate address)

BLONDET Consultants
105 rue de Lourmel
75015 Paris
tel. 06-6368-4426
: Correspondence should be sent to:

BLONDET Consultants
7 bis hameau de Louareux
78120 Sonchamp
tel. 0134-84 54 18
fax 0134-84 52 66
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Posted: July 2005

November 17–18, 2005: BESA Workshop, Washington, D.C., USA

Source Analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this two-day workshop in Washington, D.C.

Please see the Education page for more info.

Posted: July 2005

The "Snooze Guru"

Dr. Giulio Tononi and his colleagues' work on EEG activity during sleep was recently featured in "No Rest for Snooze Guru," an interview in the August 2005 issue of Discover magazine.

The researchers also described their findings in "Local Sleep and Learning," a letter in the July 1, 2004, issue of Nature magazine.

Posted: June 2005

Subsidiary to Provide "Window" to Brain

EGI and the University of Oregon's Neuroinformatics Center (NIC) have formed a new company called Cerebral Data Systems (CDS). CDS will function as a subsidiary of EGI and will facilitate application of NIC discoveries to advance computation and telemedicine services pioneered by EGI. The full story is available on the university's webpage.

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Posted: June 2005

June 24–25, and August 26, 2005:
Dr. Mark Holmes to Present at Conferences in China and Peru

Dr. Mark Holmes, an EEG specialist at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, will present "Dense Array in the Presurgical Evaluation of Focal Seizures" at the Chinese Epilepsy Society's First Annual Meeting, June 24–25, in Beijing, China. He will review the work he and his colleagues have accomplished to date, and offer his perspectives on how dense array will influence the noninvasive evaluation of difficult epilepsy in subjects considered as candidates for surgery.

Dr. Holmes will also present "The Noninvasive EEG Localization of Epileptic Seizures" at the Latin American Neurological Congress, August 26, in Lima, Peru. He will review his research in direct-current EEG, as well as dense array, and describe how novel methods of noninvasive EEG analysis both affects our understanding of epilepsy and offers new directions in evaluating potential surgical candidates.

For more information about Dr. Holmes's work, see Holmes, M. D., Brown, M., & Tucker, D. M. (2004). Are "generalized" seizures truly generalized? Evidence of localized mesial frontal and frontopolar discharges in absence. Epilepsia, 45(12), 1568-1579.

Posted: June 2005

July 27–29; August 1–3; and August 8–10, 2005:
EGI's Sixth Annual Summer School, Eugene, Oregon, USA

EGI is pleased to announce the dates for its sixth annual Summer School:

Basic Section: July 27–29; August 8–10
Advanced Section: August 1–3

All classes start at 8:30 a.m. at EGI. Please see the Education page for more info.

Posted: May 2005

June 10–11, 2005: BESA Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Source Analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this two-day workshop in Toronto.

Please see the Education page for more info.

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Posted: March 2005

April 7–8, 2005: BESA Workshop, New York City, New York, USA

Source Analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this two-day workshop in New York City.

Please see the Education page for more info.

Posted: March 2005

BESA 5.1 and 5.0.8 Available in April

BESA versions 5.1 and 5.0.8 are now available.

In BESA 5.0.8, the source coherence module now includes statistical analysis options and allows for the direct comparison of two conditions. In addition to that, BESA 5.1 features new source imaging tools:

The time-frequency domain multiple source beamformer (MSBF) enables source imaging in the frequency domain.
The multiple source probe scan (MSPS) provides a tool for model validation.

The new batch processing options allow for automated data preprocessing of multiple subject studies. Individual MRI import is now possible to overlay EEG/MEG images and source locations with the subject's anatomy. Both versions also contain improved file format readers for several formats and some minor bug fixes.

See our Source Analysis page for additional information.

Note: To upgrade to BESA 5.1, you need to update your hardlock. The upgrade is free of charge for all customers who purchased BESA 5 after July 2003. These customers have received hardlock updates via email automatically. All other customers should contact info@egi.com for upgrade information.

To install BESA 5.1/5.0.8, please download and execute the installation file named Setup_BESA_V.5.1_(5.0.8)_2005-04-08.exe at the BESA website. Depending on the hardlock status, the version will be running as 5.1 or 5.0.8. If you require an installation CD instead, please contact info@egi.com.

Posted: March 2005

Explore Your Mind

The March 2005 issue of National Geographic explores cutting-edge brain-imaging techniques and equipment that are helping researchers learn more about the mind. One research group is using EGI's Geodesic Sensor Net (see cover) to study the brain while it is in various meditative states.

Posted: February 2005

GPS Receives FDA Clearance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted EGI clearance to market its Geodesic Photogrammetry System (GPS) as a medical device in the United States. The GPS is EGI's sensor-registration system that uses a geodesic dome mounted with 11 cameras and Net Station Photogrammetry software to determine the 3D positions of GSN sensors on the scalp.

For more information about the GPS, see its product page.

For more information about FDA clearance, see FDA's 510(k) page.

2004

October 2004

Dense-Array EEG Source Imaging

The cover article from the October 2004 issue of Clinical Neurophysiology describes how applications of anatomically constrained electrical source analysis with EGI's dense-array EEG have greatly improved neurosurgical planning for epilepsy at the University of Geneva. The increasing recognition of dense-array EEG source imaging in medical applications provides important validation for the advances in dense-array EEG being made worldwide now in research laboratories.

A current subscription or site license is required to view this article online at the journal's website at http://www.ifcn.info/. The full citation is:

Michel C. M., Murray M. M., Lantz G., Gonzalez S., Spinelli L., Grave De Peralta R. (2004.) EEG source imaging. Clin. Neurophysiol., 15(10), 2195-2222.

October 21–22, 2004

BESA Workshop, San Diego, CA, USA

Source Analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this two-day workshop in San Diego, scheduled to coincide with the Society for Neuroscience conference (October 23–27).

Please see the Education page for more info.

October 20, 2004

Brainstorm Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, USA
LaFonda Hotel, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

This Society for Psychophysiological Research preconference workshop will focus on source analysis of magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG) data using MATLAB Brainstorm software. Bring your own laptop with MATLAB and collaborate on practicing with data analysis.

For more information, see the Society of Psychophysiological Research website. Click on the "Upcoming Meeting" link for information about the 44th Annual Meeting, scroll down to the "2004 Meeting Resources" section, and download the "Pre-Conference Workshops" PDF file. In that document, the Brainstorm workshop is labeled "Pre-Conference Workshop II."

October 12, 2004

Child-Friendly EEG Workshop, Ottawa, Canada
Westin Ottawa Hotel, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

EGI will demonstrate its child-friendly EEG products, including its abrasion-free Geodesic Sensor Net, which allows you to apply 32 electrodes and start recording EEG in 2.5 minutes. More electrodes (64–256) take less than 10 minutes. Other products include the new 32-channel routine EEG system and a line of digital video EEG systems.

To register, contact EGI at workshops@egi.com.

September 2004

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: Dense-Array EEG Cover Articles

Dense-array EEG has been making news lately, appearing in cover stories of Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, and Clinical Neurophysiology (above, left to right).; Current subscriptions or site licenses are typically required to view these publications online at the journals' websites (see links below). Following are short descriptions of the articles and their full citations.; Sleep Slow Oscillation; In the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers describe how analysis with EGI's 256-channel dense-array EEG shows that each cycle of the slow wave is a traveling wave with a regular progressive pattern related to depth of sleep.; 128-channel EEG Source Imaging in Epilepsy Presurgical Planning; In the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, the authors discuss how interictal activity, when localized with EGI's 128-channel dense array, can be a useful guide to understanding seizure onset in presurgical planning for epilepsy.

Spatial Patterns in Background EEG

In Clinical Neurophysiology, this article describes how high-resolution analysis of the spatial distribution of EEG in rabbit cortex points to the encoding of perceptual information in cortical networks. High-resolution analysis of human scalp EEG (using EGI's 256-channel system) suggests a high degree of spatial detail may be measured in humans as well.

The full citations are:

Massimini, M., Huber, R., Ferrarelli, F., Hill, S., & Tononi, G. The sleep slow oscillation as a traveling wave. (2004.) J. Neurosci., 24, 6862–6870.

Michel, C. M., Lantz, G., Spinelli, L., de Peralta, R. G., Landis, T., & Seeck, M. (2004.) 128-channel EEG source imaging in epilepsy: Clinical yield and localization precision. J. Clin. Neurophysiol., 21(2), 71-83.

Freeman, W. J . (2004.) Origin, structure, and role of background EEG activity. Part I. Analytic amplitude. Clin. Neurophysiol., 115(9), 2077-2088.


July 2004: U.S. Post Office Honors R. Buckminster Fuller, Father of the Geodesic Dome; In July 2004, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring R. Buckminster Fuller, the father of the geodesic dome. The stamp artwork (a painting that originally appeared on the cover of the January 10, 1964, issue of Time magazine) depicts Fuller's head as a geodesic dome -- a foreshadowing of the Geodesic Sensor Net, perhaps?

July 2004

EGI Announces Beta Release of Net Station 4.1

FireWire digital video, EDF import, flexible storage capabilities, and an optional simplified clinical-style interface are just some of the features of Net Station 4.1. Available now for use on a beta basis by current EGI customers, Net Station 4.1 is anticipated to be commercially released in September 2004.

Major new features included in this release are:

Record and Review firewire digital video synchronized with the EEG
Online troubleshooting from EGI Support using Timbuktu screen-capture technology
Auto-partitioning of files, allowing records to fit on the desired storage media
Import EDF files
Full support for 32-channel Geodesic EEG Systems 120 (clinical) and 140 (research)
Electrolyte bridge detection capability
Net Noise function
Print subject and session cover pages
Optional streamlined clinical interface

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July 2004

Broadcast Dense-Array EEG

EGI's new Amp Server package enables network access to Net Amps via Net Station or third-party applications.

June 2004

Net Station Now on OS X

Net Station 4.0 blends the ease of use of a Mac with the power of the Unix operating system.

June 2004

EGI Adds More Distributors

EGI's distribution network now covers Angola, Portugal, Scandinavian/Baltic Regions, and Southern India.

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May 13-14 , 2004

EMSE® Workshop, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

This two-day hands-on workshop will cover the practical details of using the new features of EMSE Suite 5.0.

Please see the Education page for more info.

April 15-16, 2004

BESA Workshop, San Francisco, CA, USA

Source Analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this two day workshop in San Francisco.

Please see the Education page for more info.

March 2004

EGI, University of Oregon's Neuroinformatics Center, and IBM Announce Grid Partnership

In March 2004, EGI, the University of Oregon's Neuroinformatics Center, and IBM announced a project to speed the diagnosis of brain conditions. The Integrated Cognitive Neuroscience, Informatics and Computation (ICONIC) partnership will combine the flexibility of grid computing and Linux with the power of supercomputer technology, to improve brainwave monitoring at hospitals and research centers.

For news about the ICONIC grid, see these articles:

IBM greases grid concept with workshops (eWeek)
University grid with Linux on POWER; Understanding how the brain works (IBM)
UO, Electrical Geodesics partner on brain research (The Business Journal of Portland)
"ICONIC Grid" speeds brain wave analysis (University of Oregon)

To learn more about grid technology, see IBM's webpage, "Linux on POWER."

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January 29-30, 2004

EMSE® Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

This workshop, consisting of lectures, software demos, discussion and labs, will be held at the University of Washington Center on Human Development and Disability.

More information is available on the Education page.

January 23, 2004

Grid Technology Lecture, San Francisco, CA, USA

Dr. Don Tucker will discuss EGI neuroimaging technology in "Integrated Neuroimaging: Grid Services in Clinical Neuroscience", at the IBM Globus Life Sciences and Medical Imaging Workshop.

2003

November 13-14, 2003

BESA 5.0 Workshop, New Orleans, LA, USA

Source Analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this two day workshop in New Orleans.

Please see the Education page for more info.

October 13-15, 2003

Workshop on ERP testing in Pediatric populations

Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D.
Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory
University of Louisville

This three-day workshop covers a multitude of subjects from experimental design to data analysis.

More information is available on the Education page.

August 5-7, 2003

EGI Summer School Session 2, Eugene, OR, USA

Focus on ERP data acquisition and analysis.

For more information see the Education page.

July 14-16, 2003

EGI Summer School, Eugene, OR, USA

Focus on ERP data acquisition and analysis.

For more information see the Education page.

Session full and registration closed.

June 23-24, 2003, New York, NY, USA

BESA 5.0 Workshop

Source Analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this two day workshop in New York.

Please see the Education page for more info.

April 24, 2003

EGI announces strategic alliance with ATES Medica Device, S.r.l.

April 2-3, 2003, New York

BESA 5.0 Workshop

Source Analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this two day workshop in New York.

Please see the Education page for more info.

April 1, 2003

Geodesic System 200 receives Yakuji Approval allowing its sale as a medical device in Japan.

January 2, 2003

EGI releases Net Station 3.0

1st Quarter, 2003

EGI adds new overseas distributors in Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, and Spain.

2002

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October 15, 2002

EGI releases Net Station 3.0ß

October 14-16, 2002

Workshop on ERP testing in Pediatric populations

Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D.
Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory
University of Louisville

This three-day workshop covers a multitude of subjects from experimental design to data analysis.

More information is available on the Education page.

July 19-27, 2002

EGI Summer School 2002

EGI Announces our 3rd Annual EGI Summer School. Eugene, Oregon, USA.

Session A (July 19-20) EGI Basics
Session B (July 22-23) E-Prime Basics
Session C (July 24-25) Brain Voyager/BESA
Session D (July 26-27) EGI Advanced

For more information see the Education page.

June 4, 2002

EGI receives license from Health Canada for distribution of the System 200 in Canada.

The license is available for online viewing.

April 17, 2002, San Francisco

BESA 2000 Workshop

Source analysis: Learn the basics as well as advanced techniques in this one day workshop in San Francisco.

More information is available on the Education page.

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November 2001

EGI receives CE certification for the Dense Array EEG system.

The self-certification sheet is available for viewing in English.

September 19, 2001

FDA clearance received for Geodesic system. Please view our press release.

July 17-20, 2001

EGI Summer School Focuses on Net Station 2.0 and BESA 2000.

Registration is closed.

The 2nd Annual EGI Summer School. Eugene, Oregon. Session A (July 17/18) will provide an introduction to basic EEG using our Series 200 system. Session B (July 19/20) will feature Michael Scherg of MEGIS featuring a BESA 2000 tutorial.

Just added:

Updated schedule for 2001 EGI Summer School.
EGI Picnic information
Summer School Questions form For more information see the Education Archive page.

February 11, 2001

Please join us for an fMRI/ERP workshop, March 6-11 in Pittsburgh, PA.

January 15, 2001

Where can you see the Geodesic Dense Array EEG system in 2001? Our conference exhibition schedule is now available online.

2000

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November 14, 2000

EGI is featured by Apple Computer on their new Science and Technology page.

September 10, 2000

Pre-conference announcement:
Electrical Geodesics, Inc. 2nd Workshop at the SPR annual Conference.

Date: October the 17th, 2000
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: US Grant Hotel, San Diego CA
Title: Dense Array EEG acquisition, ERP Analysis , EEG and fMRI integration, and Source Analysis.

Electrophysiological data possess the required temporal resolution to study the dynamics of brain functions. However, because the data is recorded far away from the source and only after being distorted by each compartment of the head, the spatial resolution of the EEG is limited. The spatial resolution limit may be improved upon by accurately describing the voltage distribution at the scalp surface, through the use realistic head models, advances in source estimation algorithms, and a priori knowledge about potential source generators obtained from fMRI.

The following topics will be covered in the workshop:

Electrical Geodesics, Inc (EGI) new developments for recording and processing high density EEG data.
Integration of E-prime (Psychology Software Tools, PST) with Net Station for parallel EEG and fMRI studies
Demonstration of software commercially available for the analysis of dense-array EEG data. Demonstration of the Brain Voyager
software for MRI segmentation (to build realistic head models) and analysis of fMRI data.
Demonstration of commercially available software for source localization, including BESA99 and EMSE.

Confirmed speakers include:

Richard Greenblatt (Source Signal Imaging) Ingmar Gutberlet (Brain Products) Michael Scherg (MEGIS) Don M. Tucker (Electrical Geodesics, Inc.)

September 1, 2000

The Bounce-Back Effect. The Chicago Reader

August 28-31, 2000

The EGI Summer School. Eugene, Oregon. Course materials are now available from the Education page.

June 2000

Cognitive and Emotional Influences in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex.
Trends in Cognitive Science George Bush, Phan Luu and Michael Posner
For this and other scientific publications in dense array EEG, see our publications page.

April 2000

Wired for Sadness. Discover Magazine

March 7, 2000

Stroke Update: Around-the Clock Brain Monitoring a reality. The Medical Post

February 2, 2000

Into the Minds of Babes: Examining Children's Fabulous Ability to Learn.
SBE Science Nuggets. The National Science Foundation.

January 11, 2000

Brain Waves, New Electronics Magazine

January 7, 2000

Net Sensor Extends Range of Diagnostic Scanning Tools, The Vancouver Sun

January 4-8, 2000

EGI and Apple demonstrated live real time high-density EEG acquisition at MacWorld San Francisco.
See coverage from apple.com, Macworld Online, and CNN, as well as animations recorded live on the show floor.

1997–99

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November 2, 1999

Scientists Probe Origin of EmotionsThe Washington Post

July 26, 1999

I Think, Therefore I Compute. The Business Journal of Portland

July 24, 1999

Looking for Happiness?The New York Times

September 1998

EGI received a regional Franklin-Jefferson Award for excellence in commercializing medical technology developed with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant program funding.

June 1998

The EGI Dense Array EEG system is named 1998 High Technology Product of the Year at the 15th annual Oregon Technology Awards.

February 1998

EGI receives the Tibbets award for its achievement in the SBIR program.

January 1998

Funding Your Bright Idea Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry

July 15, 1997

Where R&D Grows, Business Flows Oregon Business

1992–96

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July 1996

R&D (Research and Development) - " Advanced Fabrication Technology Leads to New Sensor Possibilities"

Summer, 1996

Babies Build Brains Medical Research Council News

April 21, 1996

Slow Current Eugene Register-Guard

November 28, 1995

Scientists cast a new 'Net' CNN's Science and Technology Week

July 28, 1994

Discriminating children Nature

July 17, 1994

Peering into the Brain Eugene Register-Guard

Fall 1992

Inquiry (Research Magazine of the University of Oregon) Fall 1992 - "The Decade of the Brain"

Eugene Emerald - "Researchers Study Brain's Activity"
Discovery Channel - "Laughter"
The Learning Channel - "Staying Alive"

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Current year's News and Events

2006

Geodesic EEG in Boeing's Design of Next-Generation Aviation Informatics

On a Mindbender

60 Feet under the Sea

GSN in WSJ and on PBS

Measuring Tissue Conductivity

Untangling the Web

Getting Wired

EGI Posts Strong Growth in 2005

Using BESA with Net Station

2005

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

Understanding Epilepsy

Harborview Installs EGI System

EGI GSN on Cover of Newsweek

EGI Workshop Slated for September in the United Kingdom

Seattle Physician Helps Shape Epilepsy Diagnosis in China

New EGI Distributor in France

November 17–18, 2005: BESA Workshop, Washington, D.C., USA

The "Snooze Guru"

Subsidiary to Provide "Window" to Brain

June 24–25, and August 26, 2005: Dr. Mark Holmes to Present at Conferences in China and Peru

July 27–29; August 1–3; and August 8–10, 2005: EGI's Sixth Annual Summer School, Eugene, Oregon, USA

June 10–11, 2005: BESA Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

April 7–8, 2005: BESA Workshop, New York City, New York, USA

BESA 5.1 and 5.0.8 Available in April

Explore Your Mind

GPS Receives FDA Clearance

2004

October 2004

Dense-Array EEG Source Imaging

October 21–22, 2004

BESA Workshop, San Diego, CA, USA

Brainstorm Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, USA LaFonda Hotel, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Child-Friendly EEG Workshop, Ottawa, Canada Westin Ottawa Hotel, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

September 2004

Dense-Array EEG Cover Articles

August 4–6, 2004

EGI Summer School: Basic Section, Eugene, OR, USA

August 9–11, 2004

EGI Summer School: Advanced Section, Eugene, OR, USA

July 2004

Why Do We Sleep?

U.S. Post Office Honors R. Buckminster Fuller, Father of the Geodesic Dome

July 2004

EGI Announces Beta Release of Net Station 4.1

July 2004

Broadcast Dense-Array EEG

June 2004

Net Station Now on OS X

June 2004

EGI Adds More Distributors

May 13-14 , 2004

EMSE® Workshop, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

April 15-16, 2004

BESA Workshop, San Francisco, CA, USA

March 2004

EGI, University of Oregon's Neuroinformatics Center, and IBM Announce Grid Partnership

January 29-30, 2004

EMSE® Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

January 23, 2004

Grid Technology Lecture, San Francisco, CA, USA

2003

November 13-14, 2003

BESA 5.0 Workshop, New Orleans, LA, USA

October 13-15, 2003

Workshop on ERP testing in Pediatric populations

August 5-7, 2003

EGI Summer School Session 2, Eugene, OR, USA

July 14-16, 2003

EGI Summer School, Eugene, OR, USA

June 23-24, 2003, New York, NY, USA

BESA 5.0 Workshop

April 24, 2003

April 2-3, 2003, New York

BESA 5.0 Workshop

June 24–25, and August 26, 2005:
Dr. Mark Holmes to Present at Conferences in China and Peru

July 27–29; August 1–3; and August 8–10, 2005:
EGI's Sixth Annual Summer School, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Brainstorm Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, USA
LaFonda Hotel, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Child-Friendly EEG Workshop, Ottawa, Canada
Westin Ottawa Hotel, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.