Facilitating access to neuroimaging and computational resources in low-resource settings through a centralised biomedical imaging platform
Motivation: MRI remains inaccessible in many parts of the world, as are the computational resources to perform neuroimaging analysis. We hope to develop resources for a growing neuroimaging community in low-resource settings. Goal(s): To develop scalable neuroimaging tools, building capacity across low-resource settings and supporting a community for neuroimaging research. Approach: Partnership with Hyperfine, Flywheel and numerous collaborators in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to collect and process MRI scans of children in the early years of life. Results: Containerised workflows optimised for ultra-low field paediatric imaging were developed. Derived volume estimates were generated from geographically dispersed regions for further global health questions. Impact: Multiple low-resource sites in a global consortium have generated derived volume estimates through standardised workflows of ultra-low field MR images. This enables answering of locally relevant clinical questions on factors affecting neurodevelopment, such as maternal anaemia, HIV exposure, malnutrition etc.
Authors
- Niall Bourke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6478-1430)
- Michal R. Zieff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9352-9947)
- Derek Kenton Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4409-8049)
- Pablo Velasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-9483)
- Marc L. Seal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8396-140X)
- Maclean Vokhiwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8706-6031)
- Muriel Bruchhage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9637-0951)
- Carly Bennallick
- Steven Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-1941)
- Natasha Leporé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8379-674X)
- Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-6959)
- Doug Dean
- Francesco Padormo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5699-2692)
- Simone Williams
- Emil Ljungberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1456-7967)
- Victoria Nankabirwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9952-8942)
- Daniel Alexander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0201-9306)
- František Váša (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-7139)
- Richard Beare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7530-5664)
- Samuel A. Oppong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-1376)
- Jessica E. Ringshaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6885-8351)
- Kirsten A. Donald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0276-9660)
- Can Akgün (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-0768)
- Sean Deoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0633-6328)
- Marlie Miles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7526-8885)
- Levente Baljer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2298-9129)
- Zayaan Goolam Nabi
- Thandeka Mazubane
- Layla Bradford
- Yaw M. Mensah
- Costas Tsougarakis
- Khula South Africa Data Collection Team
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58530/2024/0420
- Primary Topic
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00