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Yeh, Fang-Cheng. “DSI Studio: An Integrated Tractography Platform and Fiber Data Hub for Accelerating Brain Research.” Nature Methods, July 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02762-8. 

The Fiber Data Hub is a cloud-based platform designed to openly distribute processed fiber data derived from diffusion MRI, enabling scalable and reproducible research in brain connectivity. Currently, the Hub hosts over 50,000 processed scans, providing comprehensive fiber information such as fiber orientation, anisotropy, diffusivities, and advanced diffusion metrics. These datasets originate from major neuroimaging initiatives, including the Human Connectome Project (HCP), the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, OpenNeuro, and the International Neuroimaging Data-sharing Initiative (INDI). By offering standardized and compact fiber data, the Hub significantly reduces computational demands, simplifies analytical workflows, and avoids redundant preprocessing. Users can explore data through an intuitive web interface featuring advanced metadata-driven search and built-in quality control measures, promoting collaboration, ensuring consistency, and supporting reproducible neuroscience research.

By consolidating curated and preprocessed fiber datasets from prominent research studies, the Fiber Data Hub enables researchers worldwide to explore brain connectivity without the need for resource-intensive data preparation. Whether studying neurodevelopment, neurological disorders, or population-level brain structure, the Fiber Data Hub offers an invaluable foundation for accelerating discoveries in neuroscience.