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CamBAfx: Workflow Design, Implementation and Application for Neuroimaging.

Published version
Peer-reviewed

Type

Article

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Authors

Ooi, Cinly 
Bullmore, Edward T 
Wink, Alle-Meije 
Sendur, Levent 
Barnes, Anna 

Abstract

CamBAfx is a workflow application designed for both researchers who use workflows to process data (consumers) and those who design them (designers). It provides a front-end (user interface) optimized for data processing designed in a way familiar to consumers. The back-end uses a pipeline model to represent workflows since this is a common and useful metaphor used by designers and is easy to manipulate compared to other representations like programming scripts. As an Eclipse Rich Client Platform application, CamBAfx's pipelines and functions can be bundled with the software or downloaded post-installation. The user interface contains all the workflow facilities expected by consumers. Using the Eclipse Extension Mechanism designers are encouraged to customize CamBAfx for their own pipelines. CamBAfx wraps a workflow facility around neuroinformatics software without modification. CamBAfx's design, licensing and Eclipse Branding Mechanism allow it to be used as the user interface for other software, facilitating exchange of innovative computational tools between originating labs.

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Keywords

batch processing, camba, eclipse, open source, pipeline, rich client platform, workflow

Journal Title

Front Neuroinform

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Journal ISSN

1662-5196
1662-5196

Volume Title

3

Publisher

Frontiers Media SA

Rights

Publisher's own licence
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (G0001354)