Spindle detection

[neuronzoo]

Hi!
Excited to see this new plugin in Open Ephys!
I am a postdoc working on a very similar project: I target sleep SPINDLES, rather than ripples, where after online detection in the LFP, I apply opto inhibition.

I am wondering - can I use this plugin for spindle detection? If I place the detector after an appropriate filter (11-15 Hz, rather than ripple range) - should the detection work?

Also, I was wondering about two possible options that I think should really make the plugin more versatile and useful:

1. An option for the user to specify a fixed threshold for detection, rather than an std based one. This should be very useful for users wishing to avoid the initial calibration time.
2. A user option to set the duration of the TTL up time - spindles are usualluly 1 sec long and it would be convenient to produce a TTL of user-defined duration.

Thanks again - I was planning to use a different acquisition system for online spindle detection but if I am able to use this plugin I will be happy to do my experiment with Open Ephys - way more convenient!!

[MarineChap]

@jsiegle @medengineer

Hello, I advised this postdoc from the Ganguly lab, in UCSF to contact you. We think this plugin could work for his project. Do you have some time to take a look please ?
Thanks

[jsiegle]

Hi @neuronzoo, for spindle detection I would recommend using the Multi-Band Integrator instead. That makes it possible to specify custom frequency bands of interest, and (in combination with the Crossing Detector) allows you to set a fixed detection threshold and a user-defined TTL pulse duration.