title: Northwestern University schizophrenia data sharing for SchizConnect: A longitudinal dataset for large-scale integration.
abstract: In this paper, we describe an instance of the Northwestern University Schizophrenia Data and Software Tool (NUSDAST), a schizophrenia-related dataset hosted at XNAT Central, and the SchizConnect data portal used for accessing and sharing the dataset. NUSDAST was built and extended upon existing, standard schemas available for data sharing on XNAT Central (http://central.xnat.org/). With the creation of SchizConnect, we were able to link NUSDAST to other neuroimaging data sources and create a powerful, federated neuroimaging resource.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: a-kogan@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alpert
authors.affiliation: Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA; Digital Government Research Center, Marina del Rey, CA, USA; Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ambite
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D059906:Neuroimaging; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
keywords: Data mediation and integration; Data sharing; Neuroinformatics; Research datasets; Schizophrenia data; XNAT