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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/fsl_extensions/

A reference for modifications, extensions, and utilities for the FMRIB Software Library (FSL).

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http://www.pymvpa.org

A Python package intended to ease statistical learning analyses of large datasets. It offers an extensible framework with a high-level interface to a broad range of algorithms for classification, regression, feature selection, data import and export. While it is not limited to the neuroimaging domain, it is eminently suited for such datasets. PyMVPA is truly free software (in every respect) and additionally requires nothing but free-software to run. Decoding patterns of neural activity onto cognitive states is one of the central goals of functional brain imaging. Standard univariate fMRI analysis methods, which correlate cognitive and perceptual function with the blood oxygenation-level dependent (BOLD) signal, have proven successful in identifying anatomical regions based on signal increases during cognitive and perceptual tasks. Recently, researchers have begun to explore new multivariate techniques that have proven to be more flexible, more reliable, and more sensitive than standard univariate analysis. Drawing on the field of statistical learning theory, these new classifier-based analysis techniques possess explanatory power that could provide new insights into the functional properties of the brain. However, unlike the wealth of software packages for univariate analyses, there are few packages that facilitate multivariate pattern classification analyses of fMRI data. This Python-based, cross-platform, open-source software toolbox software toolbox for the application of classifier-based analysis techniques to fMRI datasets makes use of Python's ability to access libraries written in a large variety of programming languages and computing environments to interface with the wealth of existing machine learning packages.

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http://www.ppmi-info.org/

An observational longitudinal clinical study partnership to identify and validate biomarkers of Parkinson disease (PD) progression and provide easy and open web-based access to the comprehensive set of correlated clinical data and biospecimens, information, and biosamples acquired from PD and age and gender matched healthy control subjects to the research community. The data and specimens have been collected in a standardized manner under strict protocols and includes clinical (demographic, motor and non-motor, cognitive and neurobehavioral), imaging (raw and processed MRI, SPECT and DAT), and blood chemistry and hematology subject assessments and biospecimen inventories (serum, plasma, whole blood, CSF, DNA, RNA and urine). All data are de-identified to protect patient privacy. PPMI will be carried out over five years at 21 clinical sites in the United States and Europe and requires the participation of 400 Parkinson's patients and 200 control participants. The PPMI database provides researchers with access to correlated clinical and imaging data, along with annotated biospecimens, all available within an open access system that encourages data sharing (http://www.ppmi-info.org/access-data-specimens/). The website hosts an Ongoing Analysis section to keep the scientific community apprised of analyses being completed, in hopes of stimulating collaborations between researchers who are using PPMI data and specimens.

Proper citation: Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (RRID:SCR_006431) Copy   

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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/dicomconvert/

A DICOM image converter based on the ITK IO mechanism for reading and writing images. The formats currently supported by the converter are DICOM to: Analyze (*.hdr); MetaImage (*.mhd); Nrrd (*.nhdr, *.nrrd).

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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/notion/

Standalone software designed to be used by radiology researchers for storage and anonymization of research images.

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http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/CFNT/index

Biomedical technology research center that develops and applies innovative neuroimaging technologies and techniques to enable closer examination of the human brain, and thereby contribute to better understanding of the brain in health and disease. They develop new techniques and advance existing technologies for acquisition and analysis of functionally specific images of the working brain, with unprecedented physiological precision and spatiotemporal resolution. The research and development aims to improve and extend existing methods for non-invasive magnetic resonance image analysis and acquisition, electromagnetic source imaging, optical neuroimaging, and most recently, combined MR-PET neuroimaging. The Resource provides an essential interactive environment, within which an interdisciplinary team of highly skilled scientists, engineers, and clinicians with diverse expertise in multiple modalities and disciplines. The resource supports service use of the Center's facilities by neuroscientists throughout the country, provide extensive training opportunities for students, fellows, and staff scientists, and seek to advance the field of brain mapping through active dissemination of new knowledge and technology.

Proper citation: Center for Functional Neuroimaging Technologies (RRID:SCR_001423) Copy   

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