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http://octresearch.org/

Biomedical technology research center that pioneers and provides access to microscopic imaging instruments for biologic and clinical research. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has evolved over the last two decades to become a standard of care for diagnostic ophthalmic imaging and is poised to make significant impact in the fields of cardiology and gastrointestinal endoscopy. Access to state-of-the-art instrumentation, however, has been limited to a relatively few research laboratories and the optimization of instruments for new biomedical applications has hindered the investigation of new opportunities. A major focus of CBORT will be to cultivate strategic research collaborations and respond to a pressing need for application-specific OCT instrumentation and hardware.

Proper citation: Center for Biomedical OCT Research (RRID:SCR_001418) Copy   

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http://www.biomemsrc.org/

Biomedical technology research center that provides biomedical investigators with novel microsystems engineering tools for biological discovery, diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic applications. Thrust areas of interest are the development of novel living cell-based, lab-on-a-chip type devices for sorting blood cells, for high-throughput biochemistry in small volumes, and for studying cellular behavior in controlled microenvironments.

Proper citation: BioMEMS Resource Center (RRID:SCR_001417) Copy   

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http://www.farsight-toolkit.org/wiki/FARSIGHT_Toolkit

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 23, 2022. A collection of software modules for image data handling, pre-processing, segmentation, inspection, editing, post-processing, and secondary analysis. These modules can be scripted to accomplish a variety of automated image analysis tasks. All of the modules are written in accordance with software practices of the Insight Toolkit Community. Importantly, all modules are accessible through the Python scripting language which allows users to create scripts to accomplish sophisticated associative image analysis tasks over multi-dimensional microscopy image data. This language works on most computing platforms, providing a high degree of platform independence. Another important design principle is the use of standardized XML file formats for data interchange between modules.

Proper citation: Farsight Toolkit (RRID:SCR_001728) Copy   

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http://www.nesys.uio.no/Atlas3D/

A multi-platform visualization tool which allows import and visualization of 3-D atlas structures in combination with tomographic and histological image data. The tool allows visualization and analysis of the reconstructed atlas framework, surface modeling and rotation of selected structures, user-defined slicing at any chosen angle, and import of data produced by the user for merging with the atlas framework. Tomographic image data in NIfTI (Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative) file format, VRML and PNG files can be imported and visualized within the atlas framework. XYZ coordinate lists are also supported. Atlases that are available with the tool include mouse brain structures (3-D reconstructed from The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates by Paxinos and Franklin (2001)) and rat brain structures (3-D reconstructed from The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates by Paxinos and Watson (2005)). Experimental data can be imported in Atlas3D and warped to atlas space, using manual linear registration, with the possibility to scale, rotate, and position the imported data. This facilitates assignment of location and comparative analysis of signal location in tomographic images.

Proper citation: Atlas3D (RRID:SCR_001808) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/FFT

Java library used for the execution of discrete Fourier transforms in 1-D, 2-D and 3-D through the implementation of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithms. * The FFT library has been written in Java for portability across different platforms, integrated into a single jar file for easy implementation. * The FFT library provides forward and backward fast Fourier transforms in 1-D, 2-D and 3-D with an easy-to-use manner. * The FFT requires the length equal to a number with an integer power of two. This library automatically examines the input data and detects the length to prevent improper execution.

Proper citation: FFT Library (RRID:SCR_002698) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/SHIVA

A Java-based visualization and analysis application that can process 2D and 3D image files and provides convenient methods for users to overlay multiple datasets. * Simultaneous visualization of multiple image volumes. * Tools for labeling and masking of structures. * Framework for the Mouse Atlas Project.

Proper citation: Synchronized Histological Image Viewing Architecture (RRID:SCR_002690) Copy   

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http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu

Portal to neuroanatomical information on the Web that helps you identify structures in the brain and provides a variety of information about each structure by porting you to the best of 1500 web pages at 100 other neuroscience sites. BrainInfo consists of three basic components: NeuroNames, a developing database of definitions of neuroanatomic structures in four species, their most common acronyms and their names in eight languages; NeuroMaps, a digital atlas system based on 3-D canonical stereotaxic atlases of rhesus macaque and mouse brains and programs that enable one to map data to standard surface and cross-sectional views of the brains for presentation and publication; and the NeuroMaps precursor: Template Atlas of the Primate Brain, a 2-D stereotaxic atlas of the longtailed (fascicularis) macaque brain that shows the locations of some 250 architectonic areas of macaque cortex. The NeuroMaps atlases will soon include a number of overlays showing the locations of cortical areas and other neuroscientific data in the standard frameworks of the macaque and mouse atlases. Viewers are encouraged to use NeuroNames as a stable source of unique standard terms and acronyms for brain structures in publications, illustrations and indexing systems; to use templates extracted from the NeuroMaps macaque and mouse brain atlases for presenting neuroscientific information in image format; and to use the Template Atlas for warping to MRIs or PET scans of the macaque brain to estimate the stereotaxic locations of structures.

Proper citation: BrainInfo (RRID:SCR_003142) Copy   

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http://www.neuralgate.org/download/NeuralAct

Software to visualize electrocorticographic (ECoG) and possibly also other kinds of neural activity (EEG / EMG/ DOT) on a 3D model of the cortical surface. The tool has been used to produce cortical activation images and image sequences in several recent studies using ECoG. The tool is written in matlab. The package is thoroughly documented and includes a demo.

Proper citation: NeuralAct (RRID:SCR_002066) Copy   

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

Training material for the MS lesion segmentation challenge 2008 to compare different algorithms to segment the MS lesions from brain MRI scans. Data used for the workshop is composed of 54 brain MRI images and represents a range of patients and pathology which was acquired from Children's Hospital Boston and University of North Carolian. Data has initially been randomized into three groups: 20 training MRI images, 24 testing images for the qualifying and 8 for the onsite contest at the 2008 workshop. The downloadable online database consists now of the training images (including reference segmentations) and all the 32 combined testing images (without segmentations). The naming has not been changed in comparison to the workshop compeition in order to allow easy comparison between the workshop papers and the online database papers. One dataset has been removed (UNC_test1_Case02) due to considerable motion present only in its T2 image (without motion artifacts in T1 and FLAIR). Such a dataset unfairly penalizes methods that use T2 images versus methods that don't use the T2 image. Currently all cases have been segmented by expert raters at each institution. They have significant intersite variablility in segmentation. MS lesion MRI image data for this competition was acquired seperately by Children's Hospital Boston and University of North Carolina. UNC cases were acquired on Siemens 3T Allegra MRI scanner with slice thickness of 1mm and in-plane resolution of 0.5mm. To ease the segmentation process all data has been rigidly registered to a common reference frame and resliced to isotrophic voxel spacing using b-spline based interpolation. Pre-processed data is stored in NRRD format containing an ASCII readable header and a separate uncompressed raw image data file. This format is ITK compatible. If you want to join the competition, you can download data set from links here, and submit your segmentation results at http://www.ia.unc.edu/MSseg after registering your team. They require team name, password, and email address for future contact. Once experiment is completed, you can submit the segmentation data in a zip file format. Please refer submission page for uploading data format.

Proper citation: MS lesion segmentation challenge 2008 (RRID:SCR_002425) Copy   

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http://fmri.wfubmc.edu/software/Bpm

Software toolbox that performs SPM analysis with voxel-wise imaging covariates. The BPM toolbox incorporates information obtained from other modalities as regressors in a voxel-wise analysis, thereby permitting investigation of more sophisticated hypotheses. The BPM toolbox has been developed in Matlab with a user-friendly interface for performing analyses, including voxel-wise multimodal correlation, ANCOVA, and multiple regression. It has a high degree of integration with the SPM (statistical parametric mapping) software relying on it for visualization and statistical inference. Furthermore, statistical inference for a correlation field, rather than a widely used T-field, has been implemented in the correlation analysis for more accurate results. Requirements: * SPM2 or SPM5 * MATLAB version 6.5 or higher

Proper citation: WFU Biological Parametric Mapping Toolbox (RRID:SCR_002613) Copy   

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http://www.nirep.org/

Project to develop software tools and provide shared image validation databases for rigorous testing of non-rigid image registration algorithms. NIREP will extend the scope of prior validation projects by developing evaluation criteria and metrics using large image populations, using richly annotated image databases, using computer simulated data, and increasing the number and types of evaluation criteria. The goal of this project is to establish, maintain, and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks and metrics for performance evaluation of nonrigid image registration algorithms. Furthermore, these standards will be incorporated into an exportable computer program to automatically evaluate the registration accuracy of nonrigid image registration algorithms.

Proper citation: Non-Rigid Image Registration Evaluation Project (RRID:SCR_002505) Copy   

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http://www.physionet.org/

Collection of dissemination and exchange recorded biomedical signals and open-source software for analyzing them. Provides facilities for cooperative analysis of data and evaluation of proposed new algorithm. Providies free electronic access to PhysioBank data and PhysioToolkit software. Offers service and training via on-line tutorials to assist users at entry and more advanced levels. In cooperation with annual Computing in Cardiology conference, PhysioNet hosts series of challenges, in which researchers and students address unsolved problems of clinical or basic scientific interest using data and software provided by PhysioNet. All data included in PhysioBank, and all software included in PhysioToolkit, are carefully reviewed. Researchers are further invited to contribute data and software for review and possible inclusion in PhysioBank and PhysioToolkit. Please review guidelines before submitting material.

Proper citation: PhysioNet (RRID:SCR_007345) Copy   

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http://icatb.sourceforge.net/fusion/fusion_startup.php

A MATLAB toolbox which implements the joint Independent Component Analysis (ICA), parallel ICA and CCA with joint ICA methods. It is used to to extract the shared information across modalities like fMRI, EEG, sMRI and SNP data. * Environment: Win32 (MS Windows), Gnome, KDE * Operating System: MacOS, Windows, Linux * Programming Language: MATLAB * Supported Data Format: ANALYZE, NIfTI-1

Proper citation: Fusion ICA Toolbox (RRID:SCR_003494) Copy   

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http://synapses.clm.utexas.edu/tools/reconstruct/reconstruct.stm

A Windows (Win32) software application for montaging, aligning, tracing, measuring, and reconstructing objects from serial microscopic section images. The software is designed for microscopy in which section resolution is much less than section thickness, such as transmitted electron microscopy (EM) where the resolution is a few nanometers while the section thickness is many tens of nanometers. Reconstruct can easily handle series with hundreds of very large, high-resolution section images. It facilitates image cropping, scaling and alignment. Multiple images can be placed side-by-side to make a montage of a section from a mosaic of images. The alignment of adjacent sections can be rapidly compared by either blending the two sections or by flickering between them. Sections can be moved while blended. Reconstruct aids in the calibration of image size. Images taken at different magnifications can be combined, calibrated and aligned. Tools for tracing and editing of objects on sections are provided. Objects can be surfaced from the traces and previewed in an OpenGL-based 3D scene window. The 3D scene can be saved as a bitmap or as a VRML file.

Proper citation: Synapse Web Reconstruct (RRID:SCR_002716) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/LONI-Inspector

A Java application for reading, displaying, searching, comparing, and exporting metadata from medical image files: AFNI, ANALYZE, DICOM, ECAT, GE, Interfile, MINC, and NIFTI.

Proper citation: LONI Inspector (RRID:SCR_004923) Copy   

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http://www.nsgportal.org/

Web portal that allows free access to supercomputing resources for large scale modeling and data processing. Portal facilitates access and use of National Science Foundation (NSF) High Performance Computing (HPC) resources by neuroscientists.

Proper citation: Neuroscience Gateway (RRID:SCR_008915) Copy   

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https://www.bci2000.org/

BCI2000 is a general-purpose system for brain-computer interface (BCI) and adaptive neurotechnology research. It can also be used for data acquisition, stimulus presentation, and brain monitoring applications. The mission of the BCI2000 project is to facilitate research and applications in the areas described. Their vision is that BCI2000 will become a widely used software tool for diverse areas of real-time biosignal processing. In order to achieve this vision, BCI2000 system is available for free for non-profit research and educational purposes. BCI2000 supports a variety of data acquisition systems, brain signals, and study/feedback paradigms. During operation, BCI2000 stores data in a common format (BCI2000 native or GDF), along with all relevant event markers and information about system configuration. BCI2000 also includes several tools for data import/conversion (e.g., a routine to load BCI2000 data files directly into Matlab) and export facilities into ASCII. BCI2000 also facilitates interactions with other software. For example, Matlab scripts can be executed in real-time from within BCI2000, or BCI2000 filters can be compiled to execute as stand-alone programs. Furthermore, a simple network-based interface allows for interactions with external programs written in any programming language. For example, a robotic arm application that is external to BCI2000 may be controlled in real time based on brain signals processed by BCI2000, or BCI2000 may use and store along with brain signals behavioral-based inputs such as eye-tracker coordinates. Because it is based on a framework whose services can support any BCI implementation, the use of BCI2000 provides maximum benefit to comprehensive research programs that operate multiple BCI2000 installations to collect data for a variety of studies. The most important benefits of the system in such situations are: - A Proven Solution - Facilitates Operation of Research Programs - Facilitates Deployment in Multiple Sites - Cross-Platform and Cross-Compiler Compatibility - Open Resource Sponsors: BCI2000 development is sponsored by NIH/NIBIB R01 and NIH/NINDS U24 grants. Keywords: General, Purpose, Systems, Brain, Computer, Interface, Research, Application, Brain, Diverse, Educational, Laboratory, Software, Network, Signals, Behavioral, Eye, Tracker,

Proper citation: Brain Computer Interface 2000 Software Package (RRID:SCR_007346) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/IO_Plugins

Decoders and encoders written in Java for the AFNI, ANALYZE, DICOM, ECAT, GE, MINC, NIFTI and other neuroimaging file formats.The plugins use Java Image I/O interfaces to read and write metadata and image data and can read and write AFNI, ANALYZE 7.5, DICOM, ECAT 7.2, GE 5.0, INTERFILE (including hrrt), MINC, NIFTI, and UCLA PACS file formats. All source code is provided and usage examples are included.

Proper citation: LONI Java Image I/O Plugins (RRID:SCR_008277) Copy   

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http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/DOT/resources/homer2/home.htm

Software matlab scripts used for analyzing fNIRS data to obtain estimates and maps of brain activation. Graphical user interface (GUI) for visualization and analysis of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) data.

Proper citation: Homer2 (RRID:SCR_009586) Copy   

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http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/Tracula

Software tool developed for automatically reconstructing a set of major white matter pathways in the brain from diffusion weighted images using probabilistic tractography. This method utilizes prior information on the anatomy of the pathways from a set of training subjects. By incorporating this prior knowledge in the reconstruction procedure, our method obviates the need for manual intervention with the tract solutions at a later stage and thus facilitates the application of tractography to large studies. The trac-all script is used to preprocess raw diffusion data (correcting for eddy current distortion and B0 field inhomogenities), register them to common spaces, model and reconstruct major white matter pathways (included in the atlas) without any manual intervention. trac-all may be used to execute all the above steps or parts of it depending on the dataset and user''''s preference for analyzing diffusion data. Alternatively, scripts exist to execute chunks of each processing pipeline, and individual commands may be run to execute a single processing step. To explore all the options in running trac-all please refer to the trac-all wiki. In order to use this script to reconstruct tracts in Diffusion images, all the subjects in the dataset must have Freesurfer Recons.

Proper citation: TRACULA (RRID:SCR_013152) Copy   

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