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Appendix B - Data organization and management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2011

Russell A. Poldrack
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Jeanette A. Mumford
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Thomas E. Nichols
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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Summary

The amount of computation that is performed, and data that are produced, in the process of fMRI research can be quite astounding. For a laboratory with multiple researchers, it becomes critical to ensure that a common scheme is used to organize the data; for example, when a student leaves a laboratory, the PI may still need to determine which data were used for a particular analysis reported in a paper in order to perform additional analyses. In this appendix, we discuss some practices that help researchers meet the computational needs of fMRI research and keep the data deluge under control, particularly as they move toward developing a research group or laboratory with multiple researchers performing data analysis.

Computing for fMRI analysis

The power of today's computers means that almost all of the data analysis methods discussed in this book can be performed on a standard desktop machine. Given this, one model for organization of a laboratory is what we might call “just a bunch of workstations” (JBOW). Under this model, each member of the research group has his or her own workstation on which to perform analyses. This model has the benefit of requiring little in the way of specialized hardware, system administration, or user training. Thus, one can get started very quickly with analysis.

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