MSBase Imaging Repository (MSBIR)
Supporting the global MS Community – Clinically-enabled neuro-imaging data that advances innovative research and improves outcomes for people with MS.
As of September 2024, MSBIR contains >50,000 MRI scans from >5,000 subjects from 15 clinics/sites in 5 countries. Compatible MRI brain scans have been successfully analysed by iQ-MS. There are 7 active research collaborations underway using MSBIR data.
The MSBase Imaging Repository (MSBIR) is a collaborative project between the Computational Neuroimaging Team at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre and MSBase, a neuroimmunology registry containing over 110,000 MS patient records from over 180 clinics in 43 countries around the world.
The MSBIR is a unique, global multi-site image sharing and analysis platform that is accelerating clinical-imaging MS research in conjunction with MSBase. Built on customized XNAT (an extensible open-source imaging informatics software platform dedicated to imaging-based research) instances deployed globally on Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers, MSBIR has filtering, search, and analytics capabilities that facilitate “big data” demands of global MS research initiatives, especially in the field of advanced imaging biomarkers.
In collaboration with the Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre (SNAC), the MSBIR provides individual researchers with standardized structural analytics for uploaded MRI scans meeting specific acquisition criteria. This data is made available to MS researchers through the MSBase platform.
SPONSORS
MSBIR is indebted to MSBase, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre and the Nerve Research Foundation, University of Sydney for funding, co-development and logistical and technical support.
We also commend our industry sponsors for their vision in providing funds for the MSBIR platform:
