Support fNIRS data with more than two wavelengths (e.g. Shimadzu devices or broadband fNIRS)

Describe the new feature or enhancement

Support for fNIRS data acquired with three wavelengths, specifically from Shimadzu fNIRS devices.

Describe your proposed implementation

Using mne-python v0.24.dev0 and mne-nirs v0.1.2.dev, read_raw_snirf() will not load fNIRS data with 3 wavelengths (780, 805, 830) and expects only 2 wavelengths. The error message is “NIRS channels not ordered correctly. Channels must be ordered as source detector pairs with alternating frequencies: 780 & 805”

Using previous versions of mne-python (0.21.2) and mne-nirs (v0.0.1), it was possible to load the 3-wavelength data then to use drop_channels() to remove the channels associated with wavelength 830 before proceeding.

Here is some some sample data: sample_shimadzu_data.snirf

Thanks in advance!

[larsoner]

@rob-luke ideas?

[rob-luke]

Ok, and I will note in this thread as we make steps towards this goal.