Berlin : Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik
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Abstract
R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
It can be considered an alternative implementation of the S language
developed in the 1970s and 1980s for data analysis and graphics (Becker and
Chambers, 1984; Becker et al., 1988). The R language is part of the GNU
project and offers versions that compile and run on almost every major
operating system currently available. We highlight several R packages built
specifically for the analysis of neuroimaging data in the context of
functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.
We review their methodology and give an overview of their capabilities for
neuroimaging. In addition we summarize some of the current activities in the
area of neuroimaging software development in R