Brain Imaging Analysis Kit
Project description
Brain Imaging Analysis Kit
The Brain Imaging Analysis Kit is a package of Python modules useful for neuroscience, primarily focused on functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) analysis.
The package was originally created by a collaboration between Intel and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI).
To reduce verbosity, we may refer to the Brain Imaging Analysis Kit using the BrainIAK abbreviation. Whenever lowercase spelling is used (e.g., Python package name), we use brainiak.
Requirements
We support Linux and MacOS with Python version 3.4 or higher. Most of the dependencies will be installed automatically. However, a few need to be installed manually.
Linux
Install the following packages (Ubuntu 14.04 is used in these instructions):
apt install build-essential libgomp1 libmpich-dev mpich python3-dev \ python3-pip
Install updated version of the following Python packages:
pip3 install --user -U pip virtualenv
Note the --user flag, which instructs Pip to not overwrite system files. You must add $HOME/.local/bin to your $PATH to be able to run the updated Pip, e.g., by adding the following line to $HOME/.profile and launching a new login shell (e.g., logout or execute bash -l):
PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
MacOS
Install the Xcode Command Line Tools:
xcode-select --install
Install brew from https://brew.sh. If you already have brew, examine the output of the following command to make sure it is working:
brew doctor
Then install the following:
brew install llvm cmake mpich python3
You must instruct programs to use this clang version at /usr/local/opt/llvm/bin. One way to do this, which works for most programs, is setting the CC environment variable. You can add the following lines to $HOME/.profile (or $HOME/.bash_profile, if you have one). For them to take effect, you must logout or launch a new login shell, e.g., bash -l:
export CC=/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/clang export CXX=/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/clang++
In addition, you also need to specify the directories that the newly installed clang will seek for compiling and linking:
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib $LDFLAGS" export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include $CPPFLAGS"
Install updated versions of the following Python packages:
pip3 install -U pip virtualenv
Installing
The Brain Imaging Analysis Kit is available on PyPI:
pip3 install -U brainiak
Note that you may see a Failed building wheel for brainiak message (issue #61). Installation will proceed despite this failure. You can safely ignore it as long as you see Successfully installed at the end.
Documentation
The documentation is available at pythonhosted.org/brainiak.
Contributing
We welcome contributions. Please read the guide in CONTRIBUTING.rst.
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