[FieldTrip] Computing average power within a band following ft_freqanalysis

[Alea Skwara]

Hi All,

I am doing an IAF-based analysis that requires me to extract average power
(or PSD) within frequency bands (e.g., alpha, beta) for subsequent
comparison. This means that I need an estimate in the form of a single
number for the whole range of frequencies subsumed within each frequency
band

My code when processing my data using ft_freqanalysis is as follows:

    cfg =[];
    cfg.method = 'mtmfft';
    cfg.output = 'pow';
    cfg.taper = 'hanning';
    cfg.channel = 'all';
    cfg.foilim = [lowerlim upperlim];   %of the band of interest
    cfg.trials = 'all';
    cfg.keeptrials = 'no';
    freq = ft_freqanalysis(cfg_band, data_segmented);

The resulting output is a struct containing a 2D matrix (powspctrm) with
the dimensions of 36 frequencies (in this case ranging from 12.5 to 30,
counting by .5) and 73 channels, with each cell containing a power estimate.

My questions are:
1) What are the units of what is contained in each cell, using the "pow"
output option? Are my units mV2 (power) or mV2/Hz (PSD)?

2) What is the most appropriate way to go from these frequency-wise
estimates to an estimate of band power (e.g., alpha power or beta power)?
If the units are in PSD, my understanding is that it would be appropriate
to take the simple mathematical average to calculate power within the band.
If they are in mV2, I am  unclear what the appropriate approach would be.
Using the bandpower function in matlab? Or does FieldTrip have a built in
function to calculate power within a band that I am somehow not finding?

Thanks in advance for your help,
Alea
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Alea C. Skwara, M.A.
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