The BitMap dataset, an open dataset on performance assessment of diffuse optics instruments

Open Data philosophy is becoming more popular among scientists. Open Data approach aims to transform science by making high-quality and well-documented scientific data open to everybody in order to promote collaboration and transparency. In diffuse optical and near-infrared spectroscopy community, a large measurement dataset collected with state-of-the-art instrumentation applied on well-defined phantoms is still missing. Within that context, several European labs from BitMap network1 have collected diffuse optical data on standard phantoms involving the largest set of diffuse optics instruments published until now. In this work, we present a running project on the open dataset and associated reporting tools.