¥ Developed to provide an environment for
FMRI data analyses
H And a platform for development of new
software
¥ AFNI refers to both the
program of that name and the entire package of programs and plugins (more than 100)
¥ Important principles in the development
of AFNI:
H Allow user to stay close to the data and
view it in many different ways
H Give users the power to assemble pieces
in different ways to make customized analyses
oÒWith great power comes great responsibilityÓ Ñ to understand
H ÒProvide mechanism, not policyÓ
H Allow other programmers to add features
that can interact with the rest of the package