Grégory Operto

FSL/TBSS: Determine anatomical labels from clusters using Python

2020-08-12

After some time building more and more contrast maps with FSL/TBSS, I needed some way to compile information - anatomical in particular - from clusters in a thresholded map. The typical information that may then be reported in a paper. I was probably not the first one to look for this …


ROI-based analysis in neuroimaging: a walkthrough in Python

2020-02-03

Analyses based on Regions-of-Interest (ROIs) focus on a number of parcels with homogeneous characteristics, which are generally related to brain structures. This type of analysis is rather popular in neuroimaging especially when the study builds onto some hypothesis precisely related to some of these brain structures.

Two approaches are generally …


Bulk downloading resources from XNAT

2019-11-03

Interacting with the data on XNAT can be done mainly two ways: either graphically using the web application, or through a REST API. While the former is suited for all profiles, the latter is intended for a more technical category of users.

The pyxnat library adds an extra layer over …


Pipeline outputs and pyxnat

2019-11-01

XNAT stands for eXtensible Neuroimaging Archive Toolkit and as such, it may be extended to meet some specific needs and host data of heterogeneous types.

Among existing features XNAT is designed to host any generic collection of DICOM/NIfTI files and their associated derived resources. Interacting with the data can …


Working with academic references in Google Docs

2019-08-27

We are still hoping for an era where citation management software would be free, interoperable, easy to use and nicely integrated with word processing tools.

Until this dream comes true, we need practical solutions. BibTeX is a standard format used by most citation managing systems and initially designed to work …