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fScan – Near real-time image processing, visualization, | fScan – Near real-time image processing, visualization, | ||
- | Our fScan image processing program (Voyvodic, 1999, 2006; Voyvodic et al., 2009), is a single, large software program (over 100,000 lines of C code). fScan was originally developed to provide near real-time statistical image analysis, but has evolved to include a comprehensive repertoire of visualization and analysis capabilities. At Duke, fScan is used for many research | + | The fScan image processing program (Voyvodic, 1999, 2006; Voyvodic et al., 2009), is a single, large software program (over 100,000 lines of C code). fScan was originally developed to provide near real-time statistical image analysis, but has evolved to include a comprehensive repertoire of visualization and analysis capabilities. At Duke, fScan is used for many research and clinical fMRI applications. For patient studies, fScan’s highly automated processing capabilities have been extensively validated over the past 12 years; the accuracy of patient fMRI results are also routinely verified by direct comparison to activation map images generated using GE’s standard Brainwave software. |
FScan has many innovative design features that make it well suited for patient scanning as well as for other applications including data sharing and for multi-site comparative research studies: | FScan has many innovative design features that make it well suited for patient scanning as well as for other applications including data sharing and for multi-site comparative research studies: | ||
- | • Performance – An important feature of fScan is its processing speed. fScan is a single C program designed | + | • Performance – An important feature of fScan is its processing speed. fScan is a single C program designed |
• Comprehensive analysis – Prompted by the work-flow demands of patient scans, we have adopted the strategy of incorporating all the fMRI processing tools we require into our fScan software, so that the entire analysis process can be completed on-line at the scanner console. Currently this includes real-time processing during acquisition, | • Comprehensive analysis – Prompted by the work-flow demands of patient scans, we have adopted the strategy of incorporating all the fMRI processing tools we require into our fScan software, so that the entire analysis process can be completed on-line at the scanner console. Currently this includes real-time processing during acquisition, | ||
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• Simplicity – The taskbar GUI interface is designed to be intuitively easy to use, and fScan’s help features are simple and always available. Documentation is written in a web-based Wiki so that it can be easily edited, and fScan’s internal “help” command displays pages directly from the Wiki web-site so that they are always up-to-date. | • Simplicity – The taskbar GUI interface is designed to be intuitively easy to use, and fScan’s help features are simple and always available. Documentation is written in a web-based Wiki so that it can be easily edited, and fScan’s internal “help” command displays pages directly from the Wiki web-site so that they are always up-to-date. | ||
- | To see how fScan' | + | To see how fScan' |