Brain Images of Normal Subjects
BRAINS Imagebank
The BRAINS (Brain Images of Normal Subjects) Imagebank is a collection of anonymised images and associated clinical data. It includes ‘normal’ individuals at all ages (from prenatal to old age). The data were collected from individuals participating in healthy volunteer studies, or control groups. Read more ....
The BRAINS team is based in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, which hosts the data, on behalf of, and under the govenance of, a multidisciplinary steering committee. Read more ...
The BRAINS Imagebank provides a searchable, living database of images and clinical information across the lifespan. Summary data can be accessed with simple online verification. Applications for data use will be reviewed by the BRAINS steering committee. Read more ...
Examples of potential uses include:
- developing new methods to detect pathology (eg ranked atlases used to detect Alzheimer’s disease Dickie DA et al, 2013 Variance in Brain Volume with Advancing Age: Implications for Defining the Limits of Normality)
- images to be used at control subjects for imaging studies
- a reference atlas, for interpretation of brain images in clinical diagnosis (eg Farrell, C et al, 2009: Development and initial testing of normal reference MR images for the brain at ages 65–70 and 75–80 years
BRAINS can provide a solution for ongoing storage of data from imaging studies, and making data available for future use, please contact us to discuss.
From the 20th of November 2019 BRAINS imagebank will charge an administration fee for approved data requests. This fee may be waived in certain circumstances. Please see Applying for data for further details.
(BRAINS) age-specific MRI atlases from young adults to the very elderly
BRAINS have developed seven age-specific atlases of T1 brain MRI from 25 to 92 years. They are available for download from BRAINS atlases @ Edinburgh Datashare
Based on data drawn from the datasets NIH_DTI, LBC1921, and LBC1936