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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on July 31,2025. Software which converts DICOM images to NIfTI format.

Proper citation: dinifti (RRID:SCR_000303) Copy   

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http://www.sci.utah.edu/cibc/software/131-shapeworks.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE.Documented on September 2, 2022. Software that is an open-source distribution of a new method for constructing compact statistical point-based models of ensembles of similar shapes that does not rely on any specific surface parameterization. The method requires very little preprocessing or parameter tuning, and is applicable to a wide range of shape analysis problems, including nonmanifold surfaces and objects of arbitrary topology. The proposed correspondence point optimization uses an entropy-based minimization that balances the simplicity of the model (compactness) with the accuracy of the surface representations. The ShapeWorks software includes tools for preprocessing data, computing point-based shape models, and visualizing the results.

Proper citation: ShapeWorks (RRID:SCR_000424) Copy   

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

So far there is a lack for Random Field Theory (RFT) -based multiple comparison correction for surfaces generated in Freesurfer software package. This set of Matlab-based functions can be used for that purpose. They are based on Worsley?s SurfStat toolbox. You also need to have installed Freesurfer software package and included the Freesurfer?s matlab subdirectory in the Matlab?s search path. In addition, this tool implements the RFT-FDR hierarchical correction that can be used for optimizing the amount of smoothing in cortical thickness analyses (Neuroimage 52, 158-171).

Proper citation: RFT FDR (RRID:SCR_002533) Copy   

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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/nirx2nirs/

A matlab script which takes near-infrared spectroscopy data recorded by NIRx system(s) and converts it to a .nirs file format for use with the HOMER2 NIRS processing pacakge.

Proper citation: NIRx2nirs: A NIRx to .nirs data converter (RRID:SCR_002492) Copy   

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http://www.mbfbioscience.com/stereo-investigator

Stereo Investigator system includes microscope, computer, and Stereo Investigator software. Software works with Brightfield, Multi-Channel Fluorescence, Confocal, and Structured Illumination Microscopes. System used to provide estimates of number, length, area, and volume of cells or biological structures in tissue specimen in areas of neuroscience including neurodegenerative diseases, neuropathy, memory, and behavior, pulmonary research, spinal cord research, and toxicology.

Proper citation: Stereo Investigator (RRID:SCR_002526) Copy   

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https://sites.google.com/a/brain.org.au/ctp/

Software package with functions that will help researchers plan how many subjects per group need to be included in an MRI-based cortical thickness study to ensure a thickness difference is detected. The package requires cortical thickness mapping and co-registration to be carried out using Freesurfer. The power analyses are implemented in the R software package., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: cortex (RRID:SCR_002467) Copy   

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

Software framework which uses an unscented Kalman filter for performing tractography. At each point on the fiber the most consistent direction is found as a mixture of previous estimates and of the local model. It is very easy to expand the framework and to implement new fiber representations for it. Currently it is possible to tract fibers using two different 1-, 2-, or 3-tensor methods. Both methods use a mixture of Gaussian tensors. One limits the diffusion ellipsoids to a cylindrical shape (the second and third eigenvalue are assumed to be identical) and the other one uses a full tensor representation. The project is written in C++. It could be used both as a Slicer3 module and as a standalone commandline application.

Proper citation: Diffusion Tractography with Kalman Filter (RRID:SCR_002585) Copy   

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

shapeAnalysisMANCOVA offers statistical shape analysis based on a parametric boundary description (SPHARM) as the point-based model computing method. The point-based models will be analyzed with the methods here proposed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). Here, the number of variates being tested is the dimensionality of our observations. Each point of these observations is a three dimensional displacement vector from the mean. The number of contrasts is the number of equations involved in the null-hypothesis. In order to encompass varying numbers of variates and contrasts, and to account for independent variables, a matrix computation is performed. This matrix represents the multidimensional aspects of the correlation significance and it can be transformed into a scalar measure by manipulation of its eigenvalues. Details of the methods can be found in its Insight Journal publication: http://hdl.handle.net/10380/3124

Proper citation: shapeAnalysisMANCOVA - SPHARM tools (RRID:SCR_002578) Copy   

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

An open source learning-based software that automatically learns how to transfer the output of a host segmentation tool closer to the user's manual segmentation using the image data and manual segmentation provided by the user. The motivation of this project is to bridge the gap between the segmentation tool developer and the tool users such that the existing segmentation tools can more effectively serve the community. More and more automatic segmentation tools are publicly available to today's researchers. However, when applied by their end-users, these segmentation tools usually can not achieve the performance that the tool developer reported. Discrepancies between the tool developer and its users in manual segmentation protocols and imaging modalities are the main reasons for such inconsistency.

Proper citation: Automatic Segmentation Tool Adapter (RRID:SCR_002481) Copy   

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

Software tool to detect physiologic signals from the data itself as well as an adaptive physiologic noise removal tool (Impulse Response Function or IRF-RETROICOR) that zooms in on noise with only 6 regressors, getting all the noise that 5th order RETROICOR gets. These tools will allow you to correct your data for physiologic noise with what you currently have. These signals are equivalent to a parallel monitored pulse signal and a respiratory chest-bellows signal. Do you have 3D+time EPI data (BOLD or perfusion) but no usable physio signals for pulse and respiration? Are you concerned about the effect of physio noise on your data but don't know what to do but regress data-derived signals that mix unknown functional signal with possible physio noise signal? Are you concerned about the number of regressors you're incorporating once you add 5th order RETROICOR (20 more regressors!)? This is for you.

Proper citation: PESTICA fMRI Physio Detection/Correction (RRID:SCR_002513) Copy   

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http://openmeeg.gforge.inria.fr

A C++ package for low-frequency bio-electromagnetism solving forward problems in the field of EEG and MEG with very high accuracy.

Proper citation: OpenMEEG (RRID:SCR_002510) Copy   

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http://www.crl.med.harvard.edu/software/STAPLE/index.php

An algorithm for the Simultaneous Truth and Performance Level Estimation, which estimates a reference standard and segmentation generator performance from a set of segmentations. It has been widely applied for the validation of image segmentation algorithms, and to compare the performance of different algorithms and experts. It has also found application in the identification of a consensus segmentation, by combination of the output of a group of segmentation algorithms, and for segmentation by registration and template fusion., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: STAPLE (RRID:SCR_002590) Copy   

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http://nipy.org/nipype/

A package for writing fMRI analysis pipelines and interfacing with external analysis packages (SPM, FSL, AFNI). Current neuroimaging software offer users an incredible opportunity to analyze their data in different ways, with different underlying assumptions. However, this has resulted in a heterogeneous collection of specialized applications without transparent interoperability or a uniform operating interface. Nipype, an open-source, community-developed initiative under the umbrella of Nipy, is a Python project that solves these issues by providing a uniform interface to existing neuroimaging software and by facilitating interaction between these packages within a single workflow. Nipype provides an environment that encourages interactive exploration of algorithms from different packages (e.g., SPM, FSL), eases the design of workflows within and between packages, and reduces the learning curve necessary to use different packages. Nipype is creating a collaborative platform for neuroimaging software development in a high-level language and addressing limitations of existing pipeline systems.

Proper citation: Nipype (RRID:SCR_002502) Copy   

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http://ccr.coriell.org/Sections/Collections/NINDS/?SsId=10

Open resource of biological samples (DNA, cell lines, and other biospecimens) and corresponding phenotypic data to promote neurological research. Samples from more than 34,000 unique individuals with cerebrovascular disease, dystonia, epilepsy, Huntington's Disease, motor neuron disease, Parkinsonism, and Tourette Syndrome, as well as controls (population control and unaffected relatives) have been collected. The mission of the NINDS Repository is to provide 1) genetics support for scientists investigating pathogenesis in the central and peripheral nervous systems through submissions and distribution; 2) information support for patients, families, and advocates concerned with the living-side of neurological disease and stroke.

Proper citation: NINDS Repository (RRID:SCR_004520) Copy   

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http://od1n.sourceforge.net

A C++ software framework to develop, simulate and run magnetic resonance sequences on different platforms.

Proper citation: Object-Oriented Development Interface for NMR (RRID:SCR_005974) Copy   

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http://www.biological-networks.org/p/outliers/

Software that performs a morphology-based approach for the automatic identification of outlier neurons based on neuronal tree structures. This tool was used by Zawadzki et al. (2012), who reported on and its application to the NeuroMorpho database. For the analysis, each neuron is represented by a feature vector composed of 20 measurements, which are projected into lower dimensional space with PCA. Bivariate kernel density estimation is then used to obtain a probability distribution for cells. Cells with high probabilities are understood as archetypes, while those with the small probabilities are classified as outliers. Further details about the method and its application in other domains can be found in Costa et al. (2009) and Echtermeyer et al. (2011). This version requires Matlab (Mathworks Inc, Natick, USA) and allows the user to apply the workflow using a graphical user interface.

Proper citation: DONE: Detection of Outlier NEurons (RRID:SCR_005299) Copy   

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http://omlc.ogi.edu/software/mc/

MCML is a Monte Carlo simulation program for Multi-layered Turbid Media with an infinitely narrow photon beam as the light source. The simulation is specified by an input text file called, for example, sample.mci, which can be modified by any simple text editor. The output is another text file called, for example, sample.mco. (The names are arbitrary.) CONV is a convolution program which uses the MCML output file to convolve for photon beams of any size in a Gaussian or flat field shape. CONV can provide a variety of output formats (reflectance, transmission, iso-fluence contours, etc.), which are compatible with standard graphics applications.

Proper citation: MCML and CONV (RRID:SCR_002419) Copy   

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http://www.thevirtualbrain.org/

Simulation software for modeling the entire human brain by combining structural and functional data from empirical neuroimaging data. It can generate local field potentials, EEG, MEG and fMRI BOLD data based on neural mass models. The user can also modify the model parameters to match clinical conditions from focal lesions or degenerative disorders.

Proper citation: Virtual brain (RRID:SCR_002249) Copy   

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http://air.bmap.ucla.edu/MultiTracer2/MultiTracer.html

A Java application that allows images to be displayed in three dimensions. The tool allows anatomic structures to be traced and the tracings to be saved in a format that facilitates review and revision. It supports NIfTI-1.1 format float, double and signed and unsigned byte, short, and integer formats and provides legacy support for Analyze 7.5 8 and 16 bit images. It provides image display, editing, delineation of structure boundaries, export of traced contours and generation of masked volumes. Images are displayed in 3 orthogonal views. Time series can be displayed as averaged or contrast images and time courses can be visualized graphically. Version 2 provides enhancements to the original MultiTracer feature set.

Proper citation: MultiTracer (RRID:SCR_002445) Copy   

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

Scan-rescan imaging sessions on 21 healthy volunteers (no history of neurological disease) intended to be a resource for statisticians and imaging scientists to be able to quantify the reproducibility of their imaging methods using data available from a generic 1 hour session at 3T. Imaging modalities include MPRAGE, FLAIR, DTI, resting state fMRI, B0 and B1 field maps, ASL, VASO, quantitative T1 mapping, quantitative T2 mapping, and magnetization transfer imaging. All data have been converted to NIFTI format. Please cite: Bennett. A. Landman, Alan J. Huang, Aliya Gifford, Deepti S. Vikram, Issel Anne L. Lim, Jonathan A.D. Farrell, John A. Bogovic, Jun Hua, Min Chen, Samson Jarso, Seth A. Smith, Suresh Joel, Susumu Mori, James J. Pekar, Peter B. Barker, Jerry L. Prince, and Peter C.M. van Zijl. ?Multi-Parametric Neuroimaging Reproducibility: A 3T Resource Study?, NeuroImage. (2010) NIHMS/PMC:252138 doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.11.047

Proper citation: Multi-Modal MRI Reproducibility Resource (RRID:SCR_002442) Copy   

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