fBIRN Image Processing Stream (FIPS)

fBIRN Image Processing Stream (FIPS)

FIPS is a package for the comprehensive management of large-scale multi-site fMRI projects, including data storage, retrieval, calibration, analysis, multi-modal integration, and quality control. It is being developed as part of the Biomedical Informatics Research Network BIRN nbirn.net under the direction of the National Institue of Health. The purpose of this document is to provide information about how to use FIPS. Check out the FIPS Help Resources Page. You can also view a power point pressentation on FIPS here

2 Design Goals

• Automated, Query Driven Analysis
• Multi-site Calibration and Collaboration
• Data Sharing and Storage
• Quality assurance and control

• The BIRN Data Storage Hierarchy
• Data-Specific and Data-Independent Analysis Parameters
• Automatic Analysis Level Traversal.

• Uses the FMRIB Software Library (FSL) and FreeSurfer as the computational engines.
• Runs under Unix (Linux and MAC OSX)
• Command-line driven (not many GUIs yet!)
• Uses the NIFTI File Format

6 Tutorial and Sample Data

7 Importing Data into the Hiearchy

8 The FIPS Database

9 Analysis Overview

10 Generic Workflows

11 Writing preprocessing plugins for FIPS

12 List of FIPS Command-line utilities.(fips-cmd.html)

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