With the advent of online neuroimaging databases, people can mine more features from these big data. This is also especially important for students at smaller colleges and universities without an MRI scanner. My goal is to make neuroimaging analysis understandable and accessible for anyone who is interested in neuroscience and neuroimaging. Above all, I aim to make fMRI analysis more precise and integrative.
1. The Ultimate Neuroscience Software Platform-Ecosystem
NeuroDebian embraces a lot of popular neuroscience research software for the
Debian operating system as well as
Ubuntu and other derivatives. Popular packages include
AFNI,
FSL,
PyMVPA ,and many others.
\cite{Halchenko_2012}
1.1 Install NeuroDebian
- Windows(64 bit)- choose a download server or imaging file, before you install it, you should install VirtualBox (more information in the VirtualBox download page, After installing VirtualBox, then finish the configuration by following the instructions on setting up the virtual appliance.
- Mac OS X, the same way with MS Windows(64 bit). More details link here.
- Linux (Ubuntu, Debian etc), it has two conditions.
- Only install software by chosen: