The Brain Imaging Analysis Kit is a package of Python modules useful for neuroscience, primarily focused on functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) analysis.
The package was originally created by a collaboration between Intel and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI).
To reduce verbosity, we may refer to the Brain Imaging Analysis Kit using the
BrainIAK
abbreviation. Whenever lowercase spelling is used (e.g., Python
package name), we use brainiak
.
We support Linux and MacOS with Python version 3.4 or higher. Most of the dependencies will be installed automatically. However, a few need to be installed manually.
Install the following packages (Ubuntu 14.04 is used in these instructions):
apt install build-essential libgomp1 libmpich-dev mpich python3-dev \ python3-pip
Install updated version of the following Python packages:
python3 -m pip install --user -U pip virtualenv
Note the --user
flag, which instructs Pip to not overwrite system
files. You must add $HOME/.local/bin
to your $PATH
to be able to run
the updated Pip, e.g., by adding the following line to $HOME/.profile
and launching a new login shell (e.g., logout or execute bash -l
):
PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
Install the Xcode Command Line Tools:
xcode-select --install
Install brew
from https://brew.sh. If you already have brew
, examine
the output of the following command to make sure it is working:
brew doctor
Then install the following:
brew install llvm cmake mpich python3
You must instruct programs to use this clang
version at /usr/local/opt/llvm/bin
.
One way to do this, which
works for most programs, is setting the CC
environment variable. You can
add the following lines to $HOME/.profile
(or $HOME/.bash_profile
, if
you have one). For them to take effect, you must logout or launch a new login
shell, e.g., bash -l
:
export CC=/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/clang export CXX=/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/clang++
In addition, you also need to specify the directories that the newly installed clang will seek for compiling and linking:
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib "\ "-Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib $LDFLAGS" export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include $CPPFLAGS"
Install updated versions of the following Python packages:
python3 -m pip install -U pip virtualenv
The Brain Imaging Analysis Kit is available on PyPI:
python3 -m pip install -U brainiak
Note that you may see a Failed building wheel for brainiak
message (issue
#61). Installation will proceed despite this failure. You can safely ignore it
as long as you see Successfully installed
at the end.
The documentation is available at pythonhosted.org/brainiak.
We welcome contributions. Please read the guide in CONTRIBUTING.rst.
Please cite BrainIAK in your publications as: "Brain Imaging Analysis Kit, http://brainiak.org." Additionally, if you use RRIDs to identify resources, please mention BrainIAK as "Brain Imaging Analysis Kit, RRID:SCR_014824". Finally, please cite the publications referenced in the documentation of the BrainIAK modules you use, e.g., SRM.