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NeuroImaging Infrastructure

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NeuroImaging Infrastructure: next generation.

High-performance processing built on truly open software—unencumbered by commercial usage restrictions or code contamination risks.

Current projects

Proven methods,
made lighter.

We credit the original creators, preserve the scientific lineage, and focus our work on deployment and performance.

RegistrationRealignment3dvolreg3dAllineate

Spatial Processing

Fast, portable voxel-based image registration for normalization and motion correction.

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Slice TimingDetrending3dTshift

Temporal Processing

High-performance voxel-based motion correction and detrending.

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Multi-echoMEDICROMEO

Spatial Unwarping

Echo planar images are inherently spatially distorted. However, phase images can be used to correct the shape of multi-echo BOLD fMRI data.

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mindgrabbrainchopAI

Brain Extraction

Accurate removal of scalp signals improves image processing. The AI-based mindgrab is a fast but robust method that works with any modality.

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WebGPUMetalstreamlines

Diffusion Imaging

Our team has accelerated popular tools for processing diffusion imaging to improve tractography.

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Already in the field

Proven tools,
open foundations.

Permissively open tools for conversion, visualization, computation, extraction, curation, and tractography.

niimath Compact, high-performance image maths with broad NIfTI support. dcm2niix The widely used converter from DICOM to NIfTI and BIDS sidecars. NiiVue Fast, dependency-light neuroimaging visualization for the web. mindgrab Lightweight brain extraction for practical imaging workflows. BIDSvue Desktop curation, de-identification, validation, and sharing for BIDS. GPUStreamlines GPU-accelerated streamline generation across CUDA, Metal, and WebGPU.