Category: Computing

Flywheel: Part Four

Flywheel We are on track to switch over to Flywheel on Saturday, September 1.  As of that day, new data collected at CNI will not be placed in NIMS.  New data will be sent  to Flywheel directly (https://cni.flywheel.io).  NIMS will be kept online as legacy only. Logins for the Flywheel site is managed by Stanford authentication, via Google. So to login… Read more Flywheel: Part Four

Flywheel: Part Three

Thanks to all of you who have started to take a look at the Flywheel data management system. A few notes and reminders. 1.  We are still on track for a September 1 change over.  Having said this, Michael is considering transitioning a little bit sooner.  The reason is that the very heavy use of… Read more Flywheel: Part Three

NIMS transition to Flywheel: Part Two

Main point The Flywheel data management system has been running smoothly for several months at the CNI.  The main purpose of this message is to encourage you to explore Flywheel (https://cni.flywheel.io). A number of groups have already switched from NIMS to take advantage of Flywheel’s features. After Michael completes further testing, which we anticipate to be around September 1, we will… Read more NIMS transition to Flywheel: Part Two

NIMS Transition to Flywheel: Part One

BACKGROUND When planning the CNI we committed to providing the community with data management services. As many of you know, most MRI centers do little more than hand the user a DVD at the end of the session, and wish them well. CNI users are supported much more extensively. Data acquired on our scanner are… Read more NIMS Transition to Flywheel: Part One

Data management and storage at the CNI

In planning the CNI environment, we made a risky decision: We committed to providing the community with data management services. Many of you know that most MRI centers do no more than hand the user a DVD at the end of the session, and wish them well. Or perhaps they allow the user to copy the data… Read more Data management and storage at the CNI

SMS, EPI and tSNR (long)

Bob, Hua and the CNI team are working with the community to improve our methods.  The text below – excerpted from a recent exchange with the Wagner lab – illustrates the tools we use to exchange data and computational methods.  This software infrastructure is an important part of the CNI research and development mission. The story below illustrates how… Read more SMS, EPI and tSNR (long)