Plot scalp map of EEG signal

Plot a scalp polygon map of the EEG signal amplitude using topographic colour scale. The thin-plate spline interpolation model \(\text{IM:}\; \mathbb{R}^3 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}\) is used for signal interpolation between the sensor locations. The shape3d function is used for plotting.

The function assumes that the input data have already been filtered to the desired subset (e.g., group, subject, time point).

Usage

scalp_plot(
  data,
  amplitude,
  mesh,
  tri = NULL,
  coords = NULL,
  template = NULL,
  col_range = NULL,
  col_scale = NULL,
  view
)

Arguments

data

A data frame, tibble or a database table with input data to plot with at least two columns: sensor with sensor labels and the column with the EEG amplitude specified in the argument amplitude.

amplitude

A character specifying the name of the column from input data with EEG amplitude values.

mesh

An object of class "mesh" (or a named list with the same structure) used for computing IM model. If not defined, the polygon point mesh with default settings from point_mesh function is used. See details for more information about the structure.

tri

A three column matrix with indices of the vertices of the triangles. Each row represents one triangle, defined by three vertex indices. If missing, the triangulation is computed using make_triangulation function from D2 element of the mesh.

coords

Sensor coordinates as a tibble or data frame with named x, y, z and sensor columns. The sensor labels must match the labels in sensor column in data. If not defined, the HCGSN256 template is used.

template

The kind of sensor template montage used. Currently the only available option is "HCGSN256" denoting the 256-channel HydroCel Geodesic Sensor Net v.1.0, which is also a default setting.

col_range

A vector with minimum and maximum value of the amplitude used in the colour palette for plotting. If not defined, the range of interpolated signal is used.

col_scale

Optionally, a colour scale to use for plotting. If not defined, it is computed from col_range.

view

A character for creating a temporary rotated scene (according to neurological terminology). Possible values are: "superior", "anterior", "posterior", "left", "right". If missing, the default view according to user settings is displayed. Note: Input coordinates corresponding to the positions in the HCGSN template are required to obtain an appropriate view.

Value

A 3D scalp map rendered via rgl::shade3d() in an interactive window.

Details

The parameter mesh should optimally be a "mesh" object (output from point_mesh function) or a list with the same structure: D2 data frame with x and y columns and D3 data frame with x, y and z columns. See point_mesh for more information. In that case, setting the argument tri is optional, and if it is absent, a triangulation based on the D2 element of the mesh is calculated and used in the plot. If the input mesh contains only 3D coordinates of a point mesh in D3 element, the use of previously created triangulation (through tri argument) is necessary. To compare results between 2D topographical plot and 3D scalp plot use the same mesh in both cases.

Be careful when choosing the argument col_range. If the amplitude in input data contains values outside the chosen range, this will cause "holes" in the resulting plot. To compare results for different subjects or conditions, set the same values of col_range and col_scale arguments in all cases. The default used scale is based on topographical colours with zero value always at the border of blue and green shades.

Notes: This function focuses on visualization and does not perform any data subsetting. Users are expected to filter the data beforehand using standard dplyr verbs or pick_data function.

For correct rendering of a plot, the function requires an openGL-capable device. Displaying the rotated scalp map using the view argument requires previous call open3d(). When specifying the coords and template at the same time, the template parameter takes precedence and the coords parameter is ignored.

See also

point_mesh, make_triangulation, create_scale, animated version: animate_scalp

Examples

# \donttest{
## Note: The example opens a rgl 3D viewer.
# Plot average scalp map of signal for subject 2 from the time point 10 (the time of the stimulus)
# the outliers (epoch 14 and 15) are extracted before computing

# a) preparing data
edata <- pick_data(epochdata, subject_rg = 2, epoch_rg = 1:13, time_rg = 1:10)
# a2) baseline correction (needed for suitable topographic map)
data_base <- baseline_correction(edata, baseline_range = 1:10)
# a3) average computing
data_mean <- data_base |>
dplyr::filter(time == 10) |>
compute_mean(amplitude = "signal_base", type = "point", domain = "space")

# b) plotting the scalp polygon map
scalp_plot(data_mean, amplitude = "average", col_range = c(-30, 15))


# }