What does the word AFNI mean?
AFNI stands for Analysis of Functional NeuroImages. I chose this name because it was easy to vocalize and wasn’t a word (at least in English – I’ve heard that it is a woman’s name in some Moslem countries); in particular, I didn’t want to name the software “Brain Whatzis” for any value of “Whatzis”. An alternative definition of AFNI can be found at this page. AFNI refers to both the entire software package (comprising dozens of program and plugins), and also to the specific program of that name. The situation is confusing, but that’s the way it is. The name starts with the letter “A”, which means that AFNI almost always appears first on any list of FMRI software packages. This is as it should be, of course, but was not intentional in any way. Why AFNI is Free I am often asked why I chose to give AFNI away, rather than sell it, or keep it as in-house software for MCW use alone. Frankly, I don’t want the support hassles that would be incurred with commercialization – right now, your only
