RT-Cloud

RT-Cloud provides a cloud-based framework for performing real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (RT-fMRI) neurofeedback processing and scalable real-time multivariate analyses.

Key Features:

• Cloud-Based Infrastructure: Leverages cloud computing to provide scalable compute resources for real-time fMRI processing and experiment execution.
• Python package: Implements the framework as a Python package for deployment and analysis.
• Standardization and Flexibility: Employs standardized data formats and adaptable processing streams, integrating the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) and the OpenNeuro database.
• Scalability for Complex Analyses: Supports computationally demanding multivariate analyses in real time.

Scientific Applications:

• Neurofeedback for neuropsychiatric disorders: Enables RT-fMRI neurofeedback protocols applied to the treatment and investigation of neuropsychiatric disorders.
• Basic and translational neuroscience: Facilitates RT-fMRI experiments to study brain function and to develop therapeutic interventions via neurofeedback.

Methodology:

Integrates cloud computing with standardized data formats (BIDS) and the OpenNeuro database, using adaptable processing streams to execute real-time multivariate fMRI analyses within a Python package.