9th February 2023

Dementias Platform UK Launches New Ground-Breaking Imaging Hub

A GROUND-BREAKING IMAGING HUB, DEVELOPED BY THE DEMENTIAS PLATFORM (DPUK) DATA PORTAL TEAM BASED IN POPULATION DATA SCIENCE AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, WILL PROVIDE RESEARCHERS WITH UNIQUE ACCESS TO BRAIN IMAGING SCANS, TOGETHER WITH PHENOTYPIC AND GENOMIC DATA ENABLING MORE COMPLEX RESEARCH ANALYSIS INTO DEMENTIA.

The DPUK Data Portal brings together records of over 3 million people in a free-to-access resource. Researchers can identify which cohorts are relevant to them, apply for access to the data and then analyse it in a secure, remote environment complete with data linkage and analysis packages.

Imaging Hub allows for complex research to be carried out

The new Imaging Hub brings together raw imaging data from 20 datasets, The Hub contains a range of imaging scans, such as structural, functional and diffusion MRI scans, and standardises them according to the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS). This data can be linked with the phenotypic and genomic data associated with them, allowing for complex research analysis across modalities to be carried out.

Imaging data discovery tool

DPUK have created an imaging data discovery tool that allows researchers to see at a glance the imaging data and the types of scans available. DPUK are also developing data insight reports to give an in depth view of the datasets including information on disease subtypes and collection methods. The tool can be accessed at https://portal.dementiasplatform.uk/AnalyseData/ImagingMatrix

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