diff --git a/code/read_baseline_data.py b/code/read_baseline_data.py
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+import nixio as nix
+import os
+from IPython import embed
+
+def read_baseline_eod(dataset):
+    base = dataset.split(os.path.sep)[-1] + ".nix"
+    nix_file = nix.File.open(os.path.join(dataset, base))
+    embed()
+    nix_file.close()
+    b = nix_file.blocks[0]
+    for t in b.tags():
+        if "baseline" in t.name:
+            break;
+    eod_da = b.data_arrays["LocalEOD-1"]
+    eod = t.retrieve_data("LocalEOD-1")
+    time = eod_da.dimensions[0].axis(len(eod))
+    nix_file.close()
+
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    data_dir = "../data"
+    dataset = "2018-11-09-ad-invivo-1"
+    eod = read_baseline_eod(os.path.join(data_dir, dataset))
+
+