EDFbrowser

A free, opensource, multiplatform, universal viewer and toolbox intended for, but not limited to, timeseries storage files
like EEG, EMG, ECG, BioImpedance, etc.

Features

Easy to install, just one executable, works everywhere, no special requirements or dependencies, no Python, Octave or Matlab needed
EDFbrowser is one of the fastest, if not, the fastest EDF viewer available.
Supported fileformats: EDF, EDF+, BDF, BDF+
Nihon Kohden (*.eeg) to EDF+ converter (including annotations)
Unisens to EDF+ converter
MIT to EDF+ converter (including annotations) for Physiobank
Manscan Microamps (*.mbi/*.mb2) to EDF+ converter (including annotations)
SCP-ECG (*.scp, EN 1064) to EDF+ converter
ISHNE (*.ecg) to EDF+ converter
Synchronized video playback
Emsa (*.PLG) to EDF+ converter (including annotations)
ASCII to EDF/BDF converter
Finometer (Beatscope) to EDF converter
Bmeye Nexfin (FrameInspector) to EDF converter
WAV to EDF converter
Mortara XML ECG to EDF converter
reads Biosemi's trigger inputs from the BDF "Status" signal
Annotation editor
Header editor, fixes also lot's of different format-errors
1th to 8th order Butterworth, Chebyshev, Bessel and "moving average" filters
Notchfilter with adjustable Q-factor
Customizable FIR filter
ECG powerline interference removal filter
Spike filter removes spikes, glitches, fast transients or pacemaker impulses.
Powerspectrum (FFT) with selectable window funtions and window lengths
Color Density Spectral Array (CDSA)
Hypnogram
Pan-Tompkins QRS detector with possibility to export beats and RR-intervals
FM modulated (transtelephonic) ECG recording to EDF converter
Z-EEG measurement
Waveform averaging using triggers, events or annotations, with export possibility
Supports montages
Import or export Annotations/events
File reducer/cropper/decimator
Downsampling signals
Precise measurements by using crosshairs
Zoomfunction by drawing a rectangle with the mouse
Shows signals from different files at the same time
EDF/EDF+/BDF/BDF+ to ASCII converter
EDF/EDF+/BDF/BDF+ compatibility checker
EDF+D to EDF+C converter
BDF(+) to EDF(+) converter
Prints to a printer, image or PDF
Combine several files and export it to one new EDF file
Export a part of a file to a new file
Reads from a streaming file (monitor)
Available for Linux and Windows
(the source can be compiled on Mac OS X)

More info

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This is free software, it is experimental and available under the GPL License version 3.
No charge, no warranty, no taxes, no maintenance fees, no advertising, no adware, no spyware, no telemetry or data collection,
no automatic updates, no sales calls, no spam...
Even though this program is free, it is not cheap. A great deal of effort went into making this program useful,
so if you find a problem, please use the email address given in the program's about menu to report it.
Disclaimer:
Despite this software is intend to be usefull, there is no warranty, use this software at your own risk!
EDFbrowser may NOT be used in safety-critical applications, such as life-support medical systems.
The author is NOT responsible for any consequences. For research and educational purpose only.

Linux

      Arch Linux users can install from the user repository: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/edfbrowser/

      Ubuntu Linux users can install from the user repository: https://packages.ubuntu.com/groovy/edfbrowser
      Unfortunately, the versions offered from Ubuntu (and Debian) are rather old and I don't recommend them.
      Compile from source instead as described below, it's very easy.

Mac

I don't have a Mac so I can't support it. Fortunately there's a volunteer who is so kind to compile EDFbrowser for the Mac.
A ready to install Mac OS X Disk Image File (dmg) can be found here or via Homebrew:


 brew cask install edfbrowser

Linux (sourcecode)

edfbrowser_180_source.tar.gz sha256sum: a9dbbf3dee593dac033ea02eaa4dcb17594a8ff13d438817cb4737b3a3779f6d

Click here (GitLab) for the latest revision/patch/pre-release

64-bit Windows 7 and later

If there's a 32-bit version present on your system, remove it first before installing the 64-bit version.

setup_edfbrowser_180_64bit.zip sha256sum: b141601e38a2c04d7b36c37c99ddadc625aa9dab05273b9c9c14515048008af8

32-bit Windows 2000, XP, and later

setup_edfbrowser_180_32bit.zip sha256sum: 67a7a05882566cd9109910b45a3231d284864cd2e063aae4ba536c674d0409a9

Latest patches & additions

The following bugfixes / additions will be available in the next version (you can pull them from Gitlab):
- Fixed a regression bug that caused the background of the signallabels not being cleared before drawing.
- BDF to EDF converter: Offer the possibility to disable the highpass-filter.

Compiling and installing on Ubuntu Linux and derivatives

Simply execute the following commands in a terminal:


  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install g++ make git qtbase5-dev-tools qtbase5-dev qt5-default
  git clone https://gitlab.com/Teuniz/EDFbrowser.git
  cd EDFbrowser
  qmake
  make -j4
  sudo make install
  edfbrowser

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