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A BIDS app for exploring BIDS compliant data

1. What is BIDSInspec?
2. What problem does BIDSInspec solve?
3. What is the design idea for BIDSInspec?

What is BIDSInspec?

When organizing and curating your neuroimaging datasets for experimentation it is important to understand the data you have available within your BIDS compliant dataset. BIDSInspec is a python library that will help you curate your imaging data by: 1. inspecting the data that is within your BIDS directory and provide you with a summary report, and 2. assisting with protocol validation for your BIDS directory.

History of BIDSInspec

BIDSInspec began as a hackproject by A.P. and N.O. for the 2024 NeuroHackademy.

What problem does BIDSInspec solve?

A problem that arises when preparing neuroimaging study designs is the heterogeneity that exists in MRI session acquisitions within and across institution sites.
BIDSInspec is being designed to do the following:

• Explore BIDS directories by specific features (e.g., scanner type, magnetic field strength, acquisition time, resolution, etc.)
• Create summary reports for files within directories
• Enable researchers validate project protocols by features that go beyond information found in JSON sidecar files (e.g., image shape, number of scans acquired etc.)

What is the design idea for BIDSInspec?