Note:
The dataset is hosted in a separate git repository. Follow the link to see in structions on how to download the dataset.
This dataset currently consists of MRI and DaT Scan examinations from a total of 78 individuals. Out of those 55 are suffering from Parkinson's Disease (PD), while 23 serve as normal control subjects (NPD).
A total of over 42000 images are available for academic use.
| Image type | PD | NPD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| DaT scan | 590 | 330 | 920 |
| MRI | 32706 | 10381 | 43087 |
More information on the dataset can be found here.
If you plan to use this dataset in your research, please cite:
@article{tagaris2018machine,
title={Machine Learning for Neurodegenerative Disorder Diagnosis—Survey of Practices and Launch of Benchmark Dataset},
author={Tagaris, Athanasios and Kollias, Dimitrios and Stafylopatis, Andreas and Tagaris, Georgios and Kollias, Stefanos},
journal={International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools},
volume={27},
number={03},
pages={1850011},
year={2018},
publisher={World Scientific}
}
This dataset has been used in the following research studies: 1, 2, 3, 4.
The original dicom images are not available as they contain some sensitive information in the form of metadata. To process the dicom files and anonymize them, the thicom package was developed.