Tool: XNAT

At a glance

Field	Details
Tool name	XNAT
Purpose and core functionality	XNAT is an open-source imaging informatics platform designed to support imaging-based research. It offers tools to import, archive, process and securely distribute imaging and related study data. With a flexible architecture and growing plugin ecosystem, XNAT is suited to diverse clinical and research workflows.
Type	Analysis
Life cycle phases	Process, Analyse, Preserve, Share, Reuse
Domains using it	Oncology
Website	Website Health-RI Service Health-RI server
Resource URLs	Training: XNAT Academy: E-learning platform with tutorials and courses Manual: User documentation Metadata and data standards: XNAT Data types Supporting assets: Clinical Trials Processor: Used for anonymisation of images img2catalog: Export the metadata of datasets containing images to FAIR Data Point. Support: Health-RI support: Service desk for users in the Health-RI hosted environment
Integrations with other tools	cBioPortal using xnat2cbio and following the EOSC4Cancer manual

Type	Description	URL
Gap	Clinical data harmonisation guidance: Researchers need support aligning clinical data elements to make them compatible with other datasets.
Gap	Low awareness of cBioPortal.