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- | | + | 1) **Workspaces** – A workspace is a collection of any number of related data_sets. Within a workspace, all spatial data can be registered to a common spatial coordinate system so that |
any location in one data set can be directly mapped onto any other data set. Examples of spatial data can be a single 2-dimensional JPEG image, or a large 3-D, 4-D (or even 5-D or | any location in one data set can be directly mapped onto any other data set. Examples of spatial data can be a single 2-dimensional JPEG image, or a large 3-D, 4-D (or even 5-D or | ||
6-D) series of MR images, or a 3D surface reconstruction graphics data set. A workspace also binds multiple time series data sets to a common temporal coordinate system. For | 6-D) series of MR images, or a 3D surface reconstruction graphics data set. A workspace also binds multiple time series data sets to a common temporal coordinate system. For | ||
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Originally designed to facilitate comparison between a subject exam workspace and a standard brain atlas workspace, this ability can also prove invaluable for comparing and quantifying changes in brain function (or structure) across multiple scan sessions of a single subject. | Originally designed to facilitate comparison between a subject exam workspace and a standard brain atlas workspace, this ability can also prove invaluable for comparing and quantifying changes in brain function (or structure) across multiple scan sessions of a single subject. | ||
- | | + | 2) **Interoperability** – fScan' |
example, to use FSL's motion correction program (MCFLIRT) a user simply clicks an icon in the " | example, to use FSL's motion correction program (MCFLIRT) a user simply clicks an icon in the " | ||
to NIfTI format if necessary, runs the MCFLIRT program, and then returns to the waiting fScan process to automatically load the newly created data set into a new fScan window. New data sets produced in that way are automatically registered to the common workspace coordinate system. This shell scripting option provides enormous flexibility to combine fScan' | to NIfTI format if necessary, runs the MCFLIRT program, and then returns to the waiting fScan process to automatically load the newly created data set into a new fScan window. New data sets produced in that way are automatically registered to the common workspace coordinate system. This shell scripting option provides enormous flexibility to combine fScan' | ||
- | | + | 3) **Visualization environment** – fScan’s taskbar GUI interface is designed to be intuitively easy to use, and fScan' |
based Wiki that can be easily kept up-to-date. By providing immediate access to all data components via a common workspace, a simple graphical interface to processing features in | based Wiki that can be easily kept up-to-date. By providing immediate access to all data components via a common workspace, a simple graphical interface to processing features in | ||
fScan and multiple other programs, and extensive data visualization tools fScan can make functional brain mapping very accessible even to non-expert users. The result is a | fScan and multiple other programs, and extensive data visualization tools fScan can make functional brain mapping very accessible even to non-expert users. The result is a |