BrainVISA 4.4

Website : http://brainvisa.info

New in 4.4: incremental databases update using history management

For large databases, updating can now be performed in a faster way, using history management files. Moreover the "check database" step is not needed any longer after a distributed processing execution.

Data organization: there is now a newer ontology, named "brainvisa-3.2.0", which will replace the older "brainvisa-3.1.0". Note that it is entirely compatible with the former one: files are placed at the same locations, but interpretation changes. Namely we replaced the "protocol" attribute with "center" which better suits user needs and understandings. We encorage users to move to the new ontology since the older may not be entirely maintained in the future: new data types may not be referenced in the older ontology.

New since 4.3.0 version: Data history recording in Brainvisa

Keep track of your data processing and see the history of data !
Select the activate_history option in the expert settings of a Brainvisa database to use this new feature.
The recorded data history can be displayed through the Database browser.

New since 4.2.0 version: Parallel computing in BrainVISA !

Speed up your data processing in BrainVISA using parallel computing with Soma-workflow !
Change the userLevel to Advanced to use this new feature.
More information in BrainVISA manual.

Quick start

• Create a database where all data written by BrainVISA will be stored : BrainVISA menu -> Preferences -> Databases -> Add button. It is strongly advisable to use a database to process data with BrainVISA. Indeed, some important features are not available when you are using data outside a database. More information about databases here.
• Import raw data : Data Management toolbox -> import... Choose the process according to the type of data. Select raw data with . Fill in database attributes using . The process will copy data in BrainVISA database.
• Process data : Open a process, enter input parameters by selecting them in the database using . BrainVISA automatically complete as many parameters as possible. Output data will be written in the database.
• Visualize data with
• Iteration of a process on several data with the iterate button in the process.

Release notes

• ReadMe / release notes
• BrainVISA ChangeLog and new features

Documentation

• An introduction to BrainVISA
• BrainVISA main features
• Tutorial
• User manual
• List of data types and formats in BrainVISA ontology
• Other software documentation