The European Data Format (EDF) is described in the article by
Bob Kemp, Alpo Värri, Agostinho C. Rosa, Kim D. Nielsen and John Gade
"A simple format for exchange of digitized polygraphic recordings"
Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 82 (1992) 391-393.

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Gamma software by Grass
Validation of EDF compatibility, Bob Kemp, 9 May 2003

Note that this is about EDF and not about EDF+

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We are good at EDF, but we can make mistakes for which we do not have any insurance. Our understanding of the validated software and systems is limited. Of course, any obvious mistakes will be corrected when brought to our attention. And we want to provide objective and trustworthy information about EDF. But we cannot accept any liability related to this validation. This is not an official certification body. So any damages related to this validation or publication are the risk of the company mentioned above.

This report, or parts of it, may only be published by Bob Kemp through his EDF webpages.


Software used to make the validated file(s)

Manufacturer Contact person Software name and version
Name: Grass Product Group
State/Country: RI, U.S.A.
URL:  http://www.grass-telefactor.com 
Name: Peter L Fuller
State/Country: RI, U.S.A.
Email: PFuller@ASTROMED.com
Gamma 4.4SP2 via the File Utility version 6.1

Laboratory that produced the validated file(s)

Recording laboratory Head of laboratory Contact person at laboratory
Name: Henry Ford Hospital
Department: Sleep Research Center
City: Detroit
State/Country: MI, U.S.A.
Name: Dr. Tom Roth Name: Gary S Richardson, MD
Position: Senior Research Scientist
Email: gsr@attglobal.net

Report
EDF-compatibility has been tested for the mentioned types of 'Recorded signals'.
An EDF expert has checked header and signals for consistency.

  Recording1 Recording2 Recording3
Start dd.mm.yy / hh.mm.ss  19.02.02 / 23.27.19  24.02.02 / 23.31.41  
Recorded signals  14 EXG, Nasal  14 EXG, Nasal  
Duration of recording  28980 s  28920 s  
Filename  NRS-01-004 231345.edf  NRS-01-005 200958.edf  
EDF-incompatibilities  None  None  
Inconsistencies  uV as dimension for respiration channel 14 uV as dimension for respiration channel 14