Volume 49 Issue 5, May 2020

Bringing MRI datasets together

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive imaging modality that can help bridge neuroscience research in nonhuman primates with the humans they are intended to model. But, studies with such animals tend to involve small numbers of subjects, and the task of adapting human equipment and tools to nonhuman primates means labs are often coming up with their own solutions to collecting and analyzing MRI data. Data sharing may help researchers make the most of those animals. With discussions about standards and tool building ongoing, a growing number of labs in the nonhuman primate research community are working to bring their MRI datasets together.

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Image: Katja Heuer & Roberto Toro. Cover design: Erin Dewalt