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The UK Biobank imaging enhancement of 100,000 participants: rationale, data collection, management and future directions

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  • Thomas J. Littlejohns

    (University of Oxford)

  • Jo Holliday

    (University of Oxford)

  • Lorna M. Gibson

    (University of Edinburgh
    New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh)

  • Steve Garratt

    (UK Biobank Coordinating Centre)

  • Niels Oesingmann

    (UK Biobank Coordinating Centre)

  • Fidel Alfaro-Almagro

    (University of Oxford)

  • Jimmy D. Bell

    (University of Westminster)

  • Chris Boultwood

    (UK Biobank Coordinating Centre)

  • Rory Collins

    (University of Oxford)

  • Megan C. Conroy

    (University of Oxford)

  • Nicola Crabtree

    (Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust)

  • Nicola Doherty

    (UK Biobank Coordinating Centre)

  • Alejandro F. Frangi

    (Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven
    University of Leeds)

  • Nicholas C. Harvey

    (University of Southampton)

  • Paul Leeson

    (University of Oxford)

  • Karla L. Miller

    (University of Oxford)

  • Stefan Neubauer

    (University of Oxford)

  • Steffen E. Petersen

    (Queen Mary University of Medicine)

  • Jonathan Sellors

    (University of Oxford
    UK Biobank Coordinating Centre)

  • Simon Sheard

    (UK Biobank Coordinating Centre)

  • Stephen M. Smith

    (University of Oxford)

  • Cathie L. M. Sudlow

    (University of Edinburgh)

  • Paul M. Matthews

    (Imperial College London and UK Dementia Research Institute)

  • Naomi E. Allen

    (University of Oxford)

Abstract

UK Biobank is a population-based cohort of half a million participants aged 40–69 years recruited between 2006 and 2010. In 2014, UK Biobank started the world’s largest multi-modal imaging study, with the aim of re-inviting 100,000 participants to undergo brain, cardiac and abdominal magnetic resonance imaging, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and carotid ultrasound. The combination of large-scale multi-modal imaging with extensive phenotypic and genetic data offers an unprecedented resource for scientists to conduct health-related research. This article provides an in-depth overview of the imaging enhancement, including the data collected, how it is managed and processed, and future directions.

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  • Thomas J. Littlejohns & Jo Holliday & Lorna M. Gibson & Steve Garratt & Niels Oesingmann & Fidel Alfaro-Almagro & Jimmy D. Bell & Chris Boultwood & Rory Collins & Megan C. Conroy & Nicola Crabtree & N, 2020. "The UK Biobank imaging enhancement of 100,000 participants: rationale, data collection, management and future directions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-15948-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15948-9
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