Bank of neuroimaging: A medical innovation at the University of Aveiro – EN Journal

Biobank of Neuroimaging. The University of Aveiro (UA) created central nervous system imaging bench for the medical community to share and discuss clinical cases, with the anonymity of patients who ‘gave’ the images safeguarded

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This database is aims to “promote greater accuracy in diagnosis and deepening knowledge of neurological disease in general”

<. p> According to a statement from the AU itself, the Biobank of Neuroimaging is a medical imaging repository of the central nervous system, safeguarded anonymity and data encryption, allows access to Neuroradiological information for scientific and educational purposes.

With the sharing and case discussion is expected to “promote greater accuracy in diagnosis and deepening knowledge of neurological disease in general,” according to the same note.

They participate as partners 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 company BMD software

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The platform, which can already be consulted by the medical community, is a multimodality imaging repository properly cataloged, loaded into the system by appropriately accredited by SPNR users

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The images are complemented by information on clinical cases with technical, educational and scientific value.

The data “can be viewed, downloaded, commented and followed dynamically by users of medical communities and science, “according to the AU.

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 AU), such as health care institutions and pharmaceutical companies, in addition to higher education institutions.