Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience.

Claude J Bajada, Robert E Smith, Svenja Caspers

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Article in NeuroImage, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Claude J BajadaDepartment of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta; University of Malta MRI Research Platform (UMRI), University of Malta, Msida, Malta. Electronic address: claude.bajada@um.edu.mt.

Robert E SmithThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne Brain Centre - Austin Campus, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia; Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia. Electronic address: robert.smith@florey.edu.au.

Svenja CaspersInstitute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Juelich, 52425 Juelich, Germany; Institute for Anatomy I, Medical Faculty & University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, 40221 Düsseldorf, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Being on the bleeding edge of research requires the use of new and regularly updated software. The result is the occasional and inevitable occurrence of bugs. In the following work we present a case study where a feature request introduced a bug in a neuroimaging software package, which had consequences for the quality of results in a published article. We discuss the process of diagnosis, rectification and analysis replication.

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PMID36351560

DOI10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119738

PMCPMC9771825

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