  Summary: In functional imaging studies, accurately synchronizing the time
course of experimental manipulations and stimulus presentations with resulting
imaging data is crucial for analysis. Current software tools lack such
functionality, requiring manual processing of the experimental and imaging
data, which is error-prone and potentially non-reproducible. We present VoDEx,
an open-source Python library that streamlines the data management and analysis
of functional imaging data. VoDEx synchronizes the experimental timeline and
events (eg. presented stimuli, recorded behavior) with imaging data. VoDEx
provides tools for logging and storing the timeline annotation, and enables
retrieval of imaging data based on specific time-based and manipulation-based
experimental conditions.
  Availability and Implementation: VoDEx is an open-source Python library and
can be installed via the "pip install" command. It is released under a BSD
license, and its source code is publicly accessible on GitHub
https://github.com/LemonJust/vodex. A graphical interface is available as a
napari-vodex plugin, which can be installed through the napari plugins menu or
using "pip install." The source code for the napari plugin is available on
GitHub https://github.com/LemonJust/napari-vodex.
