title: EMDLAB: A toolbox for analysis of single-trial EEG dynamics using empirical mode decomposition.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Empirical mode decomposition (EMD) is an empirical data decomposition technique. Recently there is growing interest in applying EMD in the biomedical field.
  
  
  METHODS
  EMDLAB is an extensible plug-in for the EEGLAB toolbox, which is an open software environment for electrophysiological data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  EMDLAB can be used to perform, easily and effectively, four common types of EMD: plain EMD, ensemble EMD (EEMD), weighted sliding EMD (wSEMD) and multivariate EMD (MEMD) on EEG data. In addition, EMDLAB is a user-friendly toolbox and closely implemented in the EEGLAB toolbox.
  
  
  METHODS
  EMDLAB gains an advantage over other open-source toolboxes by exploiting the advantageous visualization capabilities of EEGLAB for extracted intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) and Event-Related Modes (ERMs) of the signal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EMDLAB is a reliable, efficient, and automated solution for extracting and visualizing the extracted IMFs and ERMs by EMD algorithms in EEG study.
authors.affiliation: CIML Group, Institute of Biophysics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; Institute of Information Science, University of Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al-Subari
authors.affiliation: CIML Group, Institute of Biophysics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; Institute of Information Science, University of Regensburg, Germany. Electronic address: saad.al-baddai@ur.de.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Baddai
authors.affiliation: IEETA, DETI, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Tomé
authors.affiliation: CIML Group, Institute of Biophysics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany; Institute of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldhacker
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faltermeier
authors.affiliation: CIML Group, Institute of Biophysics, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012984:Software
keywords: EEG; EEGLAB toolbox; EMDLAB; Empirical mode decomposition; Intrinsic mode functions