BALSA does not require that files be "queryable". It is scene-centric, so most of the files that get uploaded happen to be files that we know what to expect inside them, but it is designed such that this is an added convenience on top of storing the files, not as a requirement.
Tim On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 4:58 PM Harms, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Supporting “arbitrary” formats requires putting a whole system in place > for describing the format, and making it queryable. The good thing is > that if the pconn’s are available, users could use those inputs to their > own derived graph-theoretic measures. > > > > Cheers, > > -MH > > > > -- > > Michael Harms, Ph.D. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Associate Professor of Psychiatry > > Washington University School of Medicine > > Department of Psychiatry, Box 8134 > > 660 South Euclid Ave. Tel: 314-747-6173 > > St. Louis, MO 63110 Email: [email protected] > > > > *From: *<[email protected]> on behalf of Caio Seguin < > [email protected]> > *Date: *Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 4:52 PM > *To: *NEUROSCIENCE tim <[email protected]> > *Cc: *hcp-users <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [HCP-Users] Sharing HCP-derived brain networks and > graph-theoric measures > > > > Thanks Tim and Matt for the quick reply. > > > > Most of the files are NxN connectivity matrices, where N could denote, for > instance, ROIs from different parcellation schemes or resting-state > functional networks. > > > > Ok, so one option is to transform these matrices into cifti files and > share them through BALSA. On the one hand, this is a nice solution for it > solves the user term uses. On the other, it is a bit of a roundabout way to > store these files in the context of my manuscript. The matrices are used to > derive graph-theoretic measures about brain organization (rather than for > visualization purposes), so researchers interested in that would need to > convert the cifti files back to CSV. > > > > More generally, do you suggest any methods to share HCP-derived files in > an arbitrary format? > > > > Thanks in advance for the help. > > > > Best, > > Caio > > > > > > Em sex, 8 de fev de 2019 às 06:19, Timothy Coalson <[email protected]> > escreveu: > > If your data is organized as a value per parcel/network, you should be > able to turn it into parcellated cifti files, which can be displayed in > wb_view (and therefore in scenes) as a matrix and/or as colored regions on > the surfaces and in the volume. > > > > See wb_command -cifti-parcellate (to make a template parcellated cifti > file you can use to import data into), -cifti-label-import (to get your > network ROIs into the format -cifti-parcellate wants), and -cifti-convert > (and its -from-text option, to read csv or other text data and output > cifti). > > > > Tim > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 7:05 AM Caio Seguin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear experts, > > > > I have used diffusion and resting-state functional MRI data from the HCP > to derive whole brain connectomes for individual participants. I used the > connectomes to computed graph-theoretic measures that are part of a > manuscript I am working on. > > > > My question concerns the sharing of these connectomes and graph-theoretic > measures. My current understanding is that sharing this data is ok as long > as I make sure users abide to the HCP data usage terms. What are your > suggestions on how to do this? > > > > I've seen BALSA proposed to this end, since it provides a built-in > mechanism of user terms, but my files are CSV or .mat files rather than WB > scenes. > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > Best regards, > > Caio Seguin > > > > _______________________________________________ > HCP-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users > > _______________________________________________ > HCP-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users > > > ------------------------------ > > The materials in this message are private and may contain Protected > Healthcare Information or other information of a sensitive nature. If you > are not the intended recipient, be advised that any unauthorized use, > disclosure, copying or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents > of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email > in error, please immediately notify the sender via telephone or return mail. > _______________________________________________ HCP-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users
