Figure 1.
FBIRN’s FIRE is an open-source and integrated set of tools for performing multi-site neuroimaging studies which includes: 1) centralized authentication and authorization services to support federated group management across resources, 2) support for both locally-mounted (e.g., NFS) and distributed file systems (i.e. Gridftp and the Storage Resource Broker), 3) a Clinical Assessment Layout Manager (CALM) for creating online data entry forms, 4) the Human Imaging Database (HID; www.nitrc.org/projects/hid) which provides all data management processes required for multi-center fMRI studies, 5) a standardized directory structure, and 6) the fBIRN image processing stream (http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~greve/fbirn/fips/).