A database of age-appropriate average MRI templates.
This article summarizes a life-span neurodevelopmental MRI database. The study of neurostructural development or neurofunctional development has been hampered by the lack of age-appropriate MRI reference volumes. This causes misspecification of segmented data, irregular registrations, and the absence of appropriate stereotaxic volumes. We have created the "Neurodevelopmental MRI Database" that provides age-specific reference data from 2 weeks through 89 years of age. The data are presented in fine-grained ages (e.g., 3 months intervals through 1 year; 6 months intervals through 19.5 years; 5 year intervals from 20 through 89 years). The base component of the database at each age is an age-specific average MRI template. The average MRI templates are accompanied by segmented partial volume estimates for segmenting priors, and a common stereotaxic atlas for infant, pediatric, and adult participants. The database is available online (http://jerlab.psych.sc.edu/NeurodevelopmentalMRIDatabase/).
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, USA. Electronic address: richards-john@sc.edu.
John E
JE
Richards
Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, USA.
Carmen
C
Sanchez
Department of Psychology, Limestone College, USA.
Michelle
M
Phillips-Meek
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, USA.
Wanze
W
Xie
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000592:standards*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D055815:Young Adult
Average MRI templates; Brain development; Lifespan MRI; Neurodevelopmental MRI Database