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The brain imaging data structure, a format for organizing and describing outputs of neuroimaging experiments

Krzysztof J. Gorgolewski^a✉, Tibor Auer^b, Vince D. Calhoun^{c d}, Richard Cameron Craddock^{e f}, Samir Das^g, Eugene Paul Duff^h, Guillaume Flandinⁱ, Satrajit Ghosh^{j k}, Tristan Glatard^{g l m n o p}, Yaroslav O. Halchenko^q, Daniel A. Handwerker^r,

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Abstract

The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques has defined modern neuroimaging. Since its inception, tens of thousands of studies using techniques such as functional MRI and diffusion weighted imaging have allowed for the non-invasive study of the brain. Despite the fact that MRI is routinely used to obtain data for neuroscience research, there has been no widely adopted standard for organizing and describing the data collected in an imaging experiment. This renders sharing and reusing data (within or between labs) difficult if not impossible and unnecessarily complicates the application of automatic pipelines and quality assurance protocols. To solve this problem, we have developed the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS), a standard for organizing and describing MRI datasets. The BIDS standard uses file formats compatible with existing software, unifies the majority of practices already common in the field, and captures the metadata necessary for most common data processing operations.

TL;DRThe Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) is developed, a standard for organizing and describing MRI datasets that uses file formats compatible with existing software, unifies the majority of practices already common in the field, and captures the metadata necessary for most common data processing operations. (Semantic Scholar)

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^aDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
^bMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK
^cDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA
^dThe Mind Research Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
^eCenter for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, New York 10022, USA
^fComputational Neuroimaging Lab, Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA
^gMcGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Ludmer Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
^hFMRIB Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
ⁱWellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London WC1N 3BG, UK
^jDepartment of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
^kMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
^lUniversité de Lyon, CREATIS
^mCNRS UMR5220
ⁿInserm U1044
^oINSA-Lyon
^pUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne 69100, France
^qDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
^rIntramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
^sCenter for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg 39118, Germany
^tDepartment of Psychology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg 39016, Germany
^uDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, California, Irvine 92697, USA
^vDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine 92697, California, USA
^wCenter for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
^xCenter for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210, Ohio, USA
^ySquishymedia, Portland, Oregon 97232, USA
^zWMG, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
^aaCenter for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
^abDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94304, USA
^acDepartment of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
^adHenry Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
^aeThe University of Washington eScience Institute, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
^afFlywheel Exchange, LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55405, USA
^agProgram in Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
^ahDepartment of Psychology &the Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA
^aiDepartment of Psychology & the Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302, USA
^ajParietal team, INRIA Saclay, Palaiseau 91120, FR
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