Brain MRI database for cerebrovascular disease
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
186972
Contact name
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Contact email
Research summary
Brain MRI database for cerebrovascular disease
REC name
West of Scotland REC 4
REC reference
15/WS/0157
Date of REC Opinion
1 Sep 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
Our database will contain brain MRI and electronic health record data from suspected stroke patients that presented at the Edinburgh (Lothian) Stroke Prevention Service.
These data have already been collected as part of ongoing stroke studies and/or are already stored in national NHS databases. NHS ISD/NSS will link the brain MRI data that we currently hold with the electronic health record data held by NHS.
We hope that we can use computer algorithms to automatically identify vascular brain damage features on MRI and better predict eventual outcomes (e.g., recurrent stroke, dementia, death) in suspected stroke patients. This may improve clinical care management and prognosis prediction.
Research programme
The database is part of a wider investigation into the consequences of vascular brain damage led by the Edinburgh Brain Research Imaging Centre. Related studies that may benefit from results of the database include the Edinburgh Stroke Study (LREC2001/4/46), Mild Stroke Study (LREC 2002/8/64), Mild Stroke Study 2 (LREC09/S1101/54), and Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study (LREC/2003/2/29).
Research database title
Brain MRI database for cerebrovascular disease
Establishment organisation
The University of Edinburgh
Establishment organisation address
Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
49 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh
EH16 4SB