Abstract

SchizConnect (www.schizconnect.org) is built to address the issues of multiple data repositories in schizophrenia neuroimaging studies. It includes a level of mediation—translating across data sources—so that the user can place one query, e.g. for diffusion images from male individuals with schizophrenia, and find out from across participating data sources how many datasets there are, as well as downloading the imaging and related data. The current version handles the Data Usage Agreements across different studies, as well as interpreting database-specific terminologies into a common framework. New data repositories can also be mediated to bring immediate access to existing datasets. Compared with centralized, upload data sharing models, SchizConnect is a unique, virtual database with a focus on schizophrenia and related disorders that can mediate live data as information is being updated at each data …

Date

January 1, 2016

Authors

Lei Wang, Kathryn I Alpert, Vince D Calhoun, Derin J Cobia, David B Keator, Margaret D King, Alexandr Kogan, Drew Landis, Marcelo Tallis, Matthew D Turner, Steven G Potkin, Jessica A Turner, Jose Luis Ambite

Journal

Neuroimage

Volume

124

Pages

1155-1167

Publisher

Academic Press