Function BIRN
The FBIRN Test Bed is developing tools to make multi-site functional MRI studies a common research practice. The same person, scanned at MRI centers using different machines and protocols, does not produce the same picture (see figure below of the same person scanned at four different scanners around the country).
The FBIRN has developed a suite of tools and methods to calibrate and collect data across diverse environments; store and manage the imaging and clinical data in standard ways; analyze multi-site data; and share the results in a permanent location.
See the FBIRN Imaging Tools Primer for more information on the suite of tools, both current and coming. FBIRN is testing improved methods for collecting, sharing, and analyzing multisite fMRI data in clinical populations. Data collected so far is part of the BIRN Data Repository. Current recommendations and findings are maintained in the FBIRN Best Practices FAQ.
Our goal: To create imaging analysis and calibration tools for high quality fMRI data that can be openly shared with the scientific community.
In completing these goals, FBIRN will provide a large, multi-site, publicly available data repository rich in fMRI, structural imaging, and clinical data so that the research community can develop and test novel hypotheses.
For more information on FBIRN methods and tools, please see the FAQ and these video explanations: http://www.fbirntutorials.org/
Please contact any of the Key Personnel below with questions.
Key Personnel
Principal Investigator: Steve Potkin
Scientific Coordinator: Jim Fallon
Project Manager: Jessica Turner
Organization: 13 Institutions
| Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Principal Investigator James Voyvodic |
Massachusetts General Hospital , Harvard University Principal Investigator Bruce Rosen; Co-Investigator Randy Gollub |
| Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Irvine (Submitting Institution); Principal Investigator Steve Potkin | Mental Health Clinical Research Center, University of Iowa Principal Investigator Daniel O'Leary |
| Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota Principal Investigator Kelvin Lim |
MIND Imaging Center, University of New Mexico Principal Investigator John Lauriello |
| Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Principal Investigator Aysenil Belger |
Surgical Planning Laboratory, Harvard University Principal Investigator Ron Kikinis; Co-PIs Sandy Well, Cindy Wible |
| fMRI Research Center, University of California, San Diego Principal Investigator Gregory Brown |
University of California, San Francisco Principal Investigator Michael Weiner |
| Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, University of California, Los Angeles Principal Investigator Arthur Toga |
Yale University Principal Investigator Judy Ford; Co-Investigator Dan Mathalon |
| Lucas Center, Stanford University Principal Investigator Gary Glover |
For more information on FBIRN methods and tools, please see these video explanations: http://www.fbirntutorials.org/