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Many researchers and programmers have shared their files and software, either on an individual basis or in the framework of a larger group or project. In the name of all EDF users, I sincerely acknowledge their contributions: they make life a lot easier. This page aims to list all freely available EDF(+) files and software. Your contribution, too, will be very much appreciated.

 
All developers that are listed on the contact page offer files and software
 
Several companies offer demo versions of their software
 
Some European Projects still keep up their websites
 
And finally, our own files and software below

 
 
 
 



   
 
 

Disclaimer.
We can make mistakes and we do not have any insurance against that. These files may contain errors. We and the software do not have any independent certification. We offer this software and data for free and without any restriction but accept no commitment or liability on our side!
Bob Kemp and Marco Roessen.


2008-2013. Our EDF(+) checker / viewer Polyman for WinXP-Win7, with some demo EDF and EDF+ files. Checks EDF(+) compatibility of your files and shows their signals, scorings and other annotations. Offers several automatic analysis options and supports manual sleep scoring and video. We use this program to score and analyze about 2500 PSGs every year, coming from various EDF(+) compatible recorders. Still, we must urge you to read the disclaimer above. If you want to try it, just start with the Tours that are in the User manual (see Help). Please give us your feedback so we can improve the program (see Help).

2010. An EDF+ annotations Exporter. It requires the .NET framework 3.5 or higher to be installed.

2010.
Some biosensors produce large DC offsets that can drive the signal outside the range of the amplifiers and of 16-bit EDF(+). Implementing a DC attenuator and de-attenuator plug-in into your system solves this problem.  Your attenuator can be tested with Polyman (see below) because it has the automatic DC de-attenuator implemented and thus reconstructs the original signal. Your own de-attenuator can be tested with this Fullband EEG sample that contains DC-attenuated EEG signals. Do not forget to scale your display, because fullband EEG obviously is not between the traditional +/-100uV levels. If you use Polyman, scaling is done automatically if you open this Fullband Polyman Template and then select the sample file.

2007-2013. Our NeuroLoop analyzer for sleep slow waves, spindles and other EEG rhythms. Reads an EEG signal from an EDF file, computes the degree of neuronal coupling in the underlying cell network, and puts the result in another EDF file (look for the signal with label 'Gain'). Article with full algorithms and some applications in B.Kemp et al, IEEE-BME 47(9), 2000: 1185-1194.

2004. An EDF/EDF+ to WAV converter. This program converts 1 (mono) or 2 (stereo) signals from an EDF/EDF+ file into standard audio (WAV) format. Some results in compressed (MP3) format.

2003-2005. An EDF compatibility checker.

2004. An EDF-to-ASCII converter. Exports one of the signals in an ASCII file and all EDF header information, including calibration, about this signal in an additional textfile.

2004-2005. Some calibration signals for checking the time and amplitude of your EDF(+) viewers. They contain sinewaves and blocks of specified amplitude and timing. A typical K-complex illustrates EEG polarity and the "negative-up" rule in Clinical Neurophysiology.

2004-2005. A 20-minute sleep recording of a severe OSAS patient during NREM- and REM-sleep with annotated QRS complexes.

2002. Some DOS tools for editing EDF files: cut and paste parts of the data or edit the header.
 
1993-2003. Our EDF viewer Polyman for DOS which includes manual sleep scoring. Plus a 20-minute EDF file recorded during sleep stage 2 and REM-sleep.