Lempel Ziv Perturbational Complexity Index

The module allows to compute the Perturbational Complexity (LZ) of Casarotto et al. (2016). A Python Notebook gives a step-by-step explanation of the steps needed to calculate the perturbational complexity index (PCI). The same notebook illustrates how PCI changes across two different brains states, the wake and the sleep stages. It is assumed that an inverse solution has already been obtained from the TMS/EEG data. In the notebook a 3-spheres BERG method was used to obtain the cortical currents (as in the 3-sphere BERG). Inverse solutions can be obtained from TMS/EEG data by the well known MNE Python module.

(Casarotto S, Comanducci A, Rosanova M, Sarasso S, Fecchio M, Napolitani M, et al. Stratification of unresponsive patients by an independently validated index of brain complexity: Complexity Index. Annals of Neurology. 2016;80: 718–729)