What problem does it solve?
Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) standardizes the organization, description, and sharing of neuroscience data, reducing ambiguity and enabling automated tooling across studies.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Organize raw neuroscience data into BIDS-compliant directory structures (anat, func, dwi, fmap, etc.).
- Validate datasets against the BIDS specification using the bids-validator and catch common metadata gaps.
- Generate and manage BIDS metadata sidecars (dataset_description.json, participants.json) and prepare derivatives scaffolds for pipelines like fMRIPrep or MRIQC.
- Support DICOM-to-BIDS conversion workflows (HeuDiConv, dcm2bids, BIDScoin) with provenance tracking and improved reproducibility.
Quick Start
Run the BIDS workflow on your dataset to produce a fully BIDS-compliant directory ready for sharing and analysis.