University of Aveiro creates neuroimaging bank for the medical community – TVI24

“Biobank of Neuroimaging” consists of a central nervous system of medical imaging repository that provides access to Neuroradiological information for scientific and educational purposes

The University of Aveiro (UA) announced Friday the creation of a central nervous system imaging database, preserving the anonymity, to share and discuss clinical cases among the medical community.

The “Biobank of Neuroimaging”, so called, is a medical imaging repository central nervous system that safeguarded anonymity and data encryption, allows access to Neuroradiological information for scientific and educational purposes.

The project’s goal is “to promote greater accuracy in diagnosis and deepening knowledge of neurological disease in general.”

They participate as partners in the Biobank the Portuguese Society of Neuroradiology (SPNR), the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics (DETI), through the Institute of Electronics and Telematics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA) of the AU and the BMD business software.

The platform, available now, is a multimodality imaging repository, properly cataloged, “loaded” into the system by appropriately accredited by SPNR users.

Allows you to access information on clinical cases with technical, educational and scientific value, “which can be viewed, downloaded, commented and followed dynamically by users of medical and scientific communities.”

The Biobank of Neuroimaging result from the application at national level (SPNR) the potential developed in the project European Medical Information Framework (EMIF), emif.eu, which involves 57 partners, including the University of Aveiro, and It includes higher education institutions, health care institutions and pharmaceutical companies.