Abstract

AbstractThe goal of this meeting was to map existing neuroimaging databases, particularly databases containing primary data, and to identify mechanisms that could facilitate integrated use of such databases, including possible fusion of databases. The report provides an overview of existing neuroimaging databases that were discussed during the workshop and examines the feasibility of database federations. The report includes several recommendations for future developments.

Highlights

  • The very first functional neuroimaging database with online access on the Internet was created in 1994 [Fox, Lancaster, 1994]

  • Mosaic was still the most commonly used web browser at the time BrainMap was created and the size of hard drives was measured in MB rather than GB

  • The number of different stereotaxic standard brains continues to increase and they should all be in the Talairach coordinate system, their coordinate systems are all significantly different from the Talairach system and from one another

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Summary

Interconnections

The workshop group recommended that INCF should promote federation of databases by coordinating and integrating neuroimaging resources. Such a federation can be achieved by creating a portal from which different databases can interconnect to each other. The group recommended that interconnections between databases should be facilitated through the design and development of an INCF portal. This portal should give users access to all the databases through one interface, and enable the users to go from one database to another and search for similar contents. Still to be determined is how to compare data between different databases through modeling

Data sharing
Future possibilities
Introduction
Concepts
Federation of Databases
A Test Case—Data Sharing Between NeuroGenerator and fMRIDC
Future Development
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