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MATLAB / Octave tools for BIDS datasets
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# BIDS for MATLAB / Octave

This repository aims at centralising MATLAB/Octave tools to interact with
BIDS (Brain Imaging Data Structure) datasets.

For more information about BIDS, visit https://bids.neuroimaging.io/.

See also [PyBIDS](https://github.com/bids-standard/pybids) for Python and the
[BIDS Starter Kit](https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-starter-kit).

## Installation

### Requirements

BIDS-MATLAB works with:

- Octave 5.2.0 or newer
- MATLAB R2014a or newer

We aim for compatibility with the latest stable release of Octave at any time.
Compatibility can sometimes also be achieved with older versions of Octave but
this is not guaranteed.

For MacOS and Unix system, using `bids.copy_to_derivative` requires
a version of gunzip >= 1.6.

### Download or clone

Download, unzip this repository and add its content to the MATLAB/Octave path.

```Matlab
unzip('https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-matlab/archive/main.zip');
addpath('bids-matlab-main');
```

Or clone it with git:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-matlab.git
```

and then add it to your MATLAB/Octave path.

```Matlab
addpath('bids-matlab');
```

### Get the latest features

Stable versions should be fetched from a specific version tag
or from the [Mathworkds file exchange](https://nl.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/93740-bids-matlab).

A new version of BIDS matlab should be released for each new version of the BIDS specification
to allow for a support of new BIDS datatypes or features.

If you want the latest features of bids-matlab
that are in development are in our `main` branch.

To access them you can either download the `main` branch from there:
https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-matlab/tree/main

Or clone it:

```bash
git clone --branch main https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-matlab.git
```

## Features

### What this toolbox can do

- read the layout of a BIDS dataset (see `bids.layout`),

- perform queries on that layout to get information about the subjects,
sessions, runs, modalities, metadata... contained within that dataset (see
`bids.query`),

- parse the layout of "BIDS-derivative compatible" datasets (like those
generated by fMRIprep),

- create BIDS compatible filenames or folder structures for raw or derivatives
datasets (`bids.File`, `bids.util.mkdir`,
`bids.dataset_description`),

- do basic copying of files to help initialize a derivative dataset
to start a new analysis (`bids.copy_to_derivative`),

- generate a human readable report of the content of BIDS data set containing
anatomical MRI, functional MRI, diffusion weighted imaging, field map data
(see `bids.report`)

- `bids.diagnostic` creates summary figures listing:
- the number of files for each subject / session and imaging modality
- the number of trials for each trial type in each events.tsv file for a given task

- read and write JSON files (see `bids.util.jsondecode` and
`bids.util.jsonwrite`) provided that the right
[dependencies](#reading-and-writing-json-files) are installed,

- read and write TSV files (see `bids.util.tsvread` and `bids.util.tsvwrite`)

- access and query the [BIDS schema](https://bids-specification.readthedocs.io/en/latest/schema.json) (`bids.schema`)

- access, query and create basic transformations for the [BIDS statistical model](https://bids-standard.github.io/stats-models/) (`bids.Model` and `bids.transformers`)

The behavior of this toolbox assumes that it is interacting with a valid BIDS
dataset that should have been validated using
[BIDS-validator](https://bids-standard.github.io/bids-validator/). If the
Node.js version of the validator is
[installed on your computer](https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-validator#quickstart),
you can call it from the matlab prompt using `bids.validate`. Just be aware that
any unvalidated components may produce undefined behavior. Although, if you're
BIDS-y enough, the behavior may be predictable.

### What this toolbox cannot do... yet

- generate human readable reports of the content of BIDS data with EEG, MEG,
iEEG, physio and events data,

### What will this toolbox most likely never do

- act as a Matlab / Octave based BIDS-validator
- act as a BIDS converter
- implement reading / writing capabilities for the different modality-specific
data format that exist in BIDS (`.nii`, `.eeg`, `.ds`, `.fif`...)

## Usage

BIDS matlab is structured as package, so you can easily access functions in subfolders
that start with `+`.

To use the `+bids/layout.m` function:

```Matlab
BIDS = bids.layout('/home/data/ds000117');
bids.query(BIDS, 'subjects')
```

To use the `+bids/+util/jsondecode.m` function:

```Matlab
content = bids.util.jsondecode('/home/data/some_json_file.json');
```

## Demos

There are demos and tutorials showing some of the features in the `demos` folder.

### Reading and writing JSON files

Make sure to be familiar with the [JSON 101](https://bids-standard.github.io/stats-models/json_101.html).

Note some of the perks of working with JSON files described
on [the BIDS starterkit](https://bids-standard.github.io/bids-starter-kit/folders_and_files/metadata.html#interoperability-issues).

For BIDS-MATLAB, if you are using MATLAB R2016b or newer, nothing else needs to be installed.

If you are using MATLAB R2016a or older, or using Octave, you need to install a
supported JSON library for your MATLAB or Octave. This can be any of:

- [JSONio](https://github.com/gllmflndn/JSONio) for MATLAB or Octave
- [SPM12](https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/software/spm12/)

## Get in touch

To contact us:

- open an [issue](https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-matlab/issues/new/choose)
- join our chat on the
[BIDS-MATLAB channel](https://mattermost.brainhack.org/brainhack/channels/bids-matlab)
on the brainhack mattermost
- join our [google group](https://groups.google.com/g/bids-matlab).

## Other tools (MATLAB only)

- [dicm2nii](https://github.com/xiangruili/dicm2nii): A DICOM to BIDS converter
- [imtool3D_BIDS](https://github.com/tanguyduval/imtool3D_td): A 3D viewer for BIDS directory
- [Brainstorm](https://github.com/brainstorm-tools/brainstorm3):
Comprehensive brain analysis toolbox
(includes BIDS [import and export](https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/ExportBids) and
different examples dealing with BIDS datasets
(e.g. [group analysis from a MEG visual dataset](https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/Tutorials/VisualGroup),
[resting state analysis from OMEGA datasets](https://neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/Tutorials/RestingOmega#BIDS_specifications))

## How to cite
To credit BIDS-Matlab in your work, please cite the [Zenodo archive](https://zenodo.org/record/5910584),
which points to a permanent record of all BIDS-Matlab versions.
We encourage you to mention the specific version you used.

```bibtex
@software{Gau_bids-matlab,
author = {Gau, Rémi and Flandin, Guillaume and Janke, Andrew and Duval, Tanguy and Oostenveld, Robert and Madan, Christopher and Niso, Guiomar and Szczepanik, Michał and Mutsaerts, Henk and Beliy, Nikita and Norgaard, Martin and Pernet, Cyril and Chrisophe, Phillips and Shahzad, Iqra and Botvinik-Nezer, Rotem and Barilari, Marco and Battal, Ceren and MacLean, Michèle and Caron-Guyon, Jeanne},
license = {MIT},
title = {{bids-matlab}},
url = {https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-matlab},
doi = https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3363985
}
```

## Contributing

If you want to contribute make sure to check our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
and our [code of conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

Thanks goes to these wonderful people
([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):



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