pyActigraphy: Open-source python package for actigraphy data visualization and analysis.

Autor: Grégory Hammad, Mathilde Reyt, Nikita Beliy, Marion Baillet, Michele Deantoni, Alexia Lesoinne, Vincenzo Muto, Christina Schmidt
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: PLoS Computational Biology, Vol 17, Iss 10, p e1009514 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1553-734X
1553-7358
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009514
Popis: Over the past 40 years, actigraphy has been used to study rest-activity patterns in circadian rhythm and sleep research. Furthermore, considering its simplicity of use, there is a growing interest in the analysis of large population-based samples, using actigraphy. Here, we introduce pyActigraphy, a comprehensive toolbox for data visualization and analysis including multiple sleep detection algorithms and rest-activity rhythm variables. This open-source python package implements methods to read multiple data formats, quantify various properties of rest-activity rhythms, visualize sleep agendas, automatically detect rest periods and perform more advanced signal processing analyses. The development of this package aims to pave the way towards the establishment of a comprehensive open-source software suite, supported by a community of both developers and researchers, that would provide all the necessary tools for in-depth and large scale actigraphy data analyses.
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