Transfer, Collection and Organisation of Electrophysiological and Imaging Data for Multicentre Studies

Nicolas Roehri; Samuel Medina Villalon; Aude Jegou; Bruno Colombet; Bernard Giusiano; Aurélie Ponz; Fabrice Bartolomei; Christian-George Bénar

doi:10.1007/s12021-020-09503-6

Transfer, Collection and Organisation of Electrophysiological and Imaging Data for Multicentre Studies

Neuroinformatics. 2021 Oct;19(4):639-647. doi: 10.1007/s12021-020-09503-6. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

Authors

Nicolas Roehri¹, Samuel Medina Villalon¹, Aude Jegou¹, Bruno Colombet¹, Bernard Giusiano^{1

2}, Aurélie Ponz¹, Fabrice Bartolomei^{1

3}, Christian-George Bénar⁴

Affiliations

¹ Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, INS, Institut de Neurosciences des Systémes, Marseille, France.
² APHM, Timone Hospital, Public Health Department, Marseille, France.
³ APHM, Timone Hospital, Clinical Neurophysiology, Marseille, France.
⁴ Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, INS, Institut de Neurosciences des Systémes, Marseille, France. christian.benar@univ-amu.fr.

PMID: 33569755
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-020-09503-6

Abstract

Multicentre studies are of utmost importance to confirm hypotheses. The lack of established standards and the ensuing complexity of their data management often hamper their implementation. The Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) is an initiative for organizing and describing neuroimaging and electrophysiological data. Building on BIDS, we have developed two software programs: BIDS Manager and BIDS Uploader. The former has been designed to collect, organise and manage the data and the latter has been conceived to handle their transfer and anonymisation from the partner centres. These two programs aim at facilitating the implementation of multicentre study by providing a standardised framework.

Keywords: BIDS; Data management; Electrophysiology; Multicenter; Neuroimaging.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brain* / diagnostic imaging
Neuroimaging*
Software