longcombat-py
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This package is a Python port of the R package `longCombat` by Joanne Beer
et al.:

    Beer JC, Tustison NJ, Cook PA, Davatzikos C, Sheline YI,
    Shinohara RT, Linn KA (2020). Longitudinal ComBat: A method for
    harmonizing longitudinal multi-scanner imaging data. NeuroImage,
    220:117129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117129

Upstream source: https://github.com/jcbeer/longCombat

License
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The upstream `longCombat` package ships with `LICENSE.txt` containing the
Artistic License 2.0 text. The `DESCRIPTION` file in the upstream repository
lists "License: MIT", creating an ambiguity. This Python port follows the
Artistic License 2.0 text that was actually distributed in `LICENSE.txt`.

Attribution
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The mathematical method is due to the authors of the paper cited above.
This port adapts the R implementation in `longCombat/R/longCombat.R` (and
related files) to Python; any errors introduced during the port are the
responsibility of this project, not the upstream authors.
