Image processing and Quality Control for the first 10,000 brain imaging datasets from UK Biobank

UK Biobank is a large-scale prospective epidemiological study with all data accessible to researchers worldwide. It is currently in the process of bringing back 100,000 of the original participants for brain, heart and body MRI, carotid ultrasound and low-dose bone/fat x-ray. The brain imaging component covers 6 modalities (T1, T2 FLAIR, susceptibility weighted MRI, Resting fMRI, Task fMRI and Diffusion MRI). Raw and processed data from the first 10,000 imaged subjects has recently been released for general research access. To help convert this data into useful summary information we have developed an automated processing and QC (Quality Control) pipeline that is available for use by other researchers. In this…

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  Wellcome

  Award: 203139/Z/16/Z
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  Wellcome Trust

  Awards: 203139/Z/16/Z, MR/K006673/1, 098369/Z/12/Z, 203139/ Z/16/Z, 203139
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  National Institute for Health and Care Research

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  Parkinson's UK
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  Imperial College London
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  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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  Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation
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  UK Dementia Research Institute
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  Medical Research Council

  Awards: MR/K02213X/1, MR/K006673/1, MR/L009013/1, 098369/Z/12/Z, MR/M024903/1, MR/K006673/1, MC_PC_17114
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  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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  NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre

  Award: 098369/Z/12/Z