Frontiers in Neuroinformatics (Jun 2021)

FlywheelTools: Data Curation and Manipulation on the Flywheel Platform

  • Tinashe M. Tapera,
  • Tinashe M. Tapera,
  • Matthew Cieslak,
  • Matthew Cieslak,
  • Max Bertolero,
  • Max Bertolero,
  • Azeez Adebimpe,
  • Azeez Adebimpe,
  • Geoffrey K. Aguirre,
  • Ellyn R. Butler,
  • Ellyn R. Butler,
  • Philip A. Cook,
  • Diego Davila,
  • Diego Davila,
  • Mark A. Elliott,
  • Sophia Linguiti,
  • Sophia Linguiti,
  • Kristin Murtha,
  • Kristin Murtha,
  • William Tackett,
  • John A. Detre,
  • Theodore D. Satterthwaite,
  • Theodore D. Satterthwaite

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2021.678403
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15

Abstract

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The recent and growing focus on reproducibility in neuroimaging studies has led many major academic centers to use cloud-based imaging databases for storing, analyzing, and sharing complex imaging data. Flywheel is one such database platform that offers easily accessible, large-scale data management, along with a framework for reproducible analyses through containerized pipelines. The Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) is the de facto standard for neuroimaging data, but curating neuroimaging data into BIDS can be a challenging and time-consuming task. In particular, standard solutions for BIDS curation are limited on Flywheel. To address these challenges, we developed “FlywheelTools,” a software toolbox for reproducible data curation and manipulation on Flywheel. FlywheelTools includes two elements: fw-heudiconv, for heuristic-driven curation of data into BIDS, and flaudit, which audits and inventories projects on Flywheel. Together, these tools accelerate reproducible neuroscience research on the widely used Flywheel platform.

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