Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
State Cancer Registry of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bochum, Germany.
Sci Data. 2023 Oct 4;10(1):673. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02583-4.
The BIDSconvertR package is the first R-based tool for organizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research data in accordance with the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) specification. Key features are the DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) to NIfTI (Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative) and NIfTI to BIDS conversion, the implementation of the BIDS Validator and a MRI data viewer to efficiently manage MRI neuroimaging data sets. The BIDSconvertR offers an interactive user dialogue and a graphical user interface. BIDS validation is facilitated by color-coding of the BIDS sequence-IDs. Data cleaning is simplified by the option of using regular expressions. The BIDSconvertR contributes to the growing efforts to improve reproducibility in neuroimaging research by facilitating researchers to share and organize data in a standardized and transparent manner.
BIDSconvertR 包是第一个基于 R 的工具，用于按照脑成像数据结构 (BIDS) 规范组织磁共振成像 (MRI) 研究数据。其主要特点是 DICOM（医学数字成像和通信）到 NIfTI（神经影像学信息学技术倡议）和 NIfTI 到 BIDS 的转换、BIDS 验证器的实现以及用于高效管理 MRI 神经影像学数据集的 MRI 数据查看器。BIDSconvertR 提供了交互式用户对话和图形用户界面。BIDS 序列 ID 的彩色编码便于 BIDS 验证。通过使用正则表达式的选项，简化了数据清理。BIDSconvertR 通过促进研究人员以标准化和透明的方式共享和组织数据，有助于提高神经影像学研究的可重复性。
