Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience
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 conseque...
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| author | Claude J Bajada Robert E Smith Svenja Caspers |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-b1c9d872d85a437bb93c6b0314c1b0b62022-12-22T03:52:09ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722022-12-01264119738Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscienceClaude J Bajada0Robert E Smith1Svenja Caspers2Department 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; Corresponding authors at: The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne Brain Centre - Austin Campus, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia.The 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; Corresponding authors at: The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne Brain Centre - Austin Campus, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia.Institute 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, GermanyBeing 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192200859XOpen scienceSoftware bugTractography |
| spellingShingle | Claude J Bajada Robert E Smith Svenja Caspers Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience NeuroImage Open science Software bug Tractography |
| title | Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience |
| title_full | Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience |
| title_fullStr | Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience |
| title_short | Notes on fiber length measurements: A case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience |
| title_sort | notes on fiber length measurements a case study in the underbelly of open source neuroscience |
| topic | Open science Software bug Tractography |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192200859X |
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