/data/sub-x/ses-y

This folder holds the data for one session, for the given participant. At a minimum it will hold a single data folder (e.g., at least one of anat, func, fmap, dwi).

The data is in a format ready for analysis; for MRI this is .nii (preferably zipped [.gz]) with necessary key timing information (events.tsv files).

  • None of the raw data from the session of data acquisition goes here. That data goes within the sourcedata folder.
  • None of the analyzed data from basic (e.g. orientation-correction) or more detailed (e.g., skull-stripping) preprocessing or modeling goes here. That data goes in a folder within derivatives (for us, the common derivatives folder titled pre-00).

We do not include the optional 'scans.tsv' file here, though that file can be used to include useful information about the contained data.


Contents

Item                          Description
 
anat/ [folder] [Optional]. This folder contains the subject's structural MRI data.
  • File name conventions for strucural data are set out here.
func/ [folder] [Optional]. This folder contains the subject's functional MRI data.
• For each task session, this folder also contains a paired [filename]_events.tsv file holding stimulus timing information.
  • File name conventions for functional data are set out here.
fmap/ [folder] [Optional]. This folder contains the subject's functional MRI data.
dwi/ [folder] [Optional]. This folder contains the subject's functional MRI data.

Note: Full details available at BIDS website; the full specification is definitive.