[Loris-dev] starting clinical study, planning to use LORIS, seeking feedback on setup

[David Jones]

Hi,

This may be slightly off topic for a "developers" mailing list ...

We are considering LORIS for data collection in an upcoming
longitudinal multi-site vision research study.

I need to do some quick due diligence to confirm it is actually
suitable for our needs.

Our study will not have any "brain imaging", but we will have retinal imaging.

My main question is whether we should be able to use LORIS straight
from github without any additional programming.  (I realize we'll need
to customize (but not program) new "instruments" to match our paper
data collection forms for behavioural data.)

We will want to upload  2-D images, probably in some standard format
(PNG, TIFF, etc.) (the image data will include:  retinal images,
optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus autofluorescence (FAF)).

I am based in Hamilton.  The study will take place in Hamilton,
Toronto, Montreal.  If anyone on this list has set up LORIS for a
similar study, especially at McMaster, UofToronto, UdeMonteal, I would
be delighted if you might be available for a quick telephone
conversation.

We need to plan for computer and data storage needs, ... regular
backup procedures ... and decide whether to host it on a computer in
the lab, or on a host in the cloud.  I am hoping someone who has been
through this before with LORIS could provide a little practical
guidance.

thanks in advance,
  David Jones

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