A general method for remontaging based on a singular value decomposition algorithm.

The authors developed a general mathematic algorithm to convert any montage (referential, bipolar, or Laplacian) to any other by linear transformation. Input and output montages are described by matrices, and singular value decomposition is used to find the linear transformation. An error signal can be calculated from the input data to monitor remontaging validity. This algorithm also identifies output channels that cannot be obtained from the specified input. The authors tested this algorithm using an instrument that retrieves digitally encoded EEG data from videotape and produces signals in referential or bipolar form. They obtained good agreement when they compared referential and Laplacian data derived from bipolar output with the same montages calculated from referential output for the same EEG segment.