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Filenames

BIDS has a standardized way of naming files that tries to implement the following principles:

  • Do not include white spaces in file names

    • They make scripting harder.

  • Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.

    • Some operating systems cannot handle special characters.

  • Do not rely on letter case (UPPERCASE and lowercase)

    • For some operating systems a is the same as A.

  • Use separators and case in a systematic and meaningful way.

Source: Datalad RDM course

Filename template

key1 - value1 _ key2 - value2 _ suffix .extension

  • Suffixes are preceded by an underscore
  • Entities are composed of key-value pairs separated by underscores
  • There is a limited set of suffixes for each data type (anat, func, eeg, …)
  • For a given suffix, some entities are required and some others are [optional].
  • Keys, value and suffixes can only contain letters and/or numbers.
  • Entity key-value pairs have a specific order in which they must appear in filename.
  • Some entities key-value can only be used for derivative data.

Modalities

MRI

anat: Anatomical MRI data

myProject/sub-01/ses-01/anat/

-   Data:
    -   `sub-<>[_ses-<>]_T1w.nii.gz`
-   Metadata:
    -   `sub-<>[_ses-<>]_T1w.json`

func: Functional MRI data

myProject/sub-01/ses-01/func/

-   Data:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_bold.nii.gz`
-   Metadata:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_bold.json`
-   Events:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_events.tsv`

fmap: Fieldmap MRI data

myProject/sub-01/ses-01/fmap/

-   Data:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_phasediff.nii.gz`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_magnitude1.nii.gz`
-   Metadata:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_phasediff.json`

dwi: Diffusion Weighted Imaging data

myProject/sub-01/ses-01/dwi/

-   Data:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_dwi.nii.gz`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_dwi.bval`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_dwi.bvec`
-   Metadata:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_dwi.json`

EEG / MEG / iEEG

meg: MEG data

myProject/sub-01/ses-01/meg/

-   Data:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_proc-<>_meg.extension`
-   Metadata:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_proc-<>_meg.json`
-   Channel information:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_proc-<>_channels.tsv`
-   Events:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_proc-<>_events.tsv`
-   Sensor positions:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_photo.jpg`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_fid.json`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_fidinfo.txt`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_headshape.extension`

ieeg: Intracranial EEG data

myProject/sub-01/ses-01/ieeg/

-   Data:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_ieeg.extension`
-   Metadata:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_ieeg.json`
-   Channel information:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_channels.tsv`
-   Events:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_task-<>_acq-<>_run-<>_events.tsv`
-   Electrode locations:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_electrodes.tsv` _electrode xyz coordinates_
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_coordsystem.json` _coordinate metadata_
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_acq-<>_photo.jpg` _operative photo_

PET

pet: Positron Emission Tomography data

myProject/sub-01/pet/

-   Data:
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_pet.json`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_pet.nii.gz`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_recording-<>_blood.json`
    -   `sub-<>_ses-<>_recording-<>_blood.tsv`

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