NCANDA: A Framework Supporting Neuroimaging Data Integration and Analysis
At Neuroinformatics 2015 I described the framework supporting NCANDA, a multi-site longitudinal study of 808 adolescents across five U.S. sites. The system integrates heterogeneous instruments for clinical, neuropsychological, and MRI data at baseline and follow-up visits, built on established tools like REDCap and a lightweight data pipeline.
A key theme: reusing existing software infrastructure to build scalable neuroinformatics platforms, and using version-control systems as an innovative way to capture data asynchronously across geographically distributed sites while maintaining quality control.