This is a mandatory step, which guarantees that BrainVISA will manage your data correctly. If you skip this step, BrainVISA will not "recognize" your data.
The import process allows you to associate a file with a protocol name and a subject name. Once the input file has been imported, it will automatically be given the name of the chosen subject. The results files produced at the end of a BrainVISA process are named using a suffix and/or a prefix and/or a format associated with the subject name.
This kind of process is located in data management -> importation. You can import different types of data: T1 weighted, diffusion weighted and fMRI (in validation), as well as several kinds of scan (Bruker, GE, etc.).
Let's look at the following example, for importing a T1 weighted image:
Go to the following process: data management -> importation -> anatomy -> Import T1 MRI
Open the process:
Select a T1 weighted image file for importation, using the icon
To configure the output file, click
. The following window will come up:
Enter the protocol name (my_proto_2) and the subject name (sujetA) using the icon
. For instance, to create a (my_proto_2)
protocol:
When the protocol and subject fields have been completed, you should see the following:
Click the OK button. You have returned to the process window and the Input and Output fields have been completed. If your T1 MRI is an ANALYZE volume, select convention (radiologic or neurologic) in Input_spm_orientation.
Click Run to start the importation process. During this process, your files will be converted to the GIS format (.ima and .dim) if necessary. At the end of the process, an anatomy folder will have been created in /data_directory/protocol/subjet/anatomy. It will contain the imported file.