ENIGMA-Viewer: Interactive Visualization Strategies for Conveying Effect Sizes in Meta-Analysis

We present ENIGMA-Viewer, an interactive visualization tool for scientists to compare effective sizes and association results on standardized regions of interest from different studies, as performed in large scale consortia studies such as those in the Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics through Meta Analysis (ENIGMA) consortium. We report how visualization methods are designed for interactive comparison of brain diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and cortical thickness statistical test results. ENIGMA-viewer is an open-source software tool, publicly accessible through the NITRC website or online at http://enigma-viewer.org.

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