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'''neuGRID''' is a web portal aimed to (i) help [[neuroscientist]]s do high-throughput [[Magnetic resonance imaging|imaging]] research,<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s00330-012-2408-3 |title=Making better use of our brain MRI research data |year=2012 |last1=Barkhof |first1=Frederik |journal=European Radiology |volume=22 |issue=7 |pages=1395–6 |pmid=22427183 |pmc=3366293}}</ref> and (ii) provide clinical neurologists automated diagnostic imaging markers of neurodegenerative diseases for individual patient diagnosis. neuGRID's user-friendly environment is customised to a range of users from students to senior neuroscientists working in the fields of [[Alzheimer's disease]], [[psychiatric diseases]], and [[white matter diseases]]. neuGRID aims to become a widespread resource for brain imaging analyses.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.2217/fnl.09.53 |title=Grid infrastructures for computational neuroscience: The neuGRID example |year=2009 |last1=Redolfi |first1=Alberto |last2=McClatchey |first2=Richard |last3=Anjum |first3=Ashiq |last4=Zijdenbos |first4=Alex |last5=Manset |first5=David |last6=Barkhof |first6=Frederik |last7=Spenger |first7=Christian |last8=Legré |first8=Yannik |last9=Wahlund |first9=Lars-Olof |last10=Di San Pietro |first10=Chiara Barattieri |last11=Frisoni |first11=Giovanni B |journal=Future Neurology |volume=4 |issue=6 |pages=703–22}}</ref>
==Process==
Through the single virtual access point Science Gateway web portal, users login and access a “virtual” imaging laboratory.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/nrneurol.2011.99 |title=Virtual imaging laboratories for marker discovery in neurodegenerative diseases |year=2011 |last1=Frisoni |first1=Giovanni B. |last2=Redolfi |first2=Alberto |last3=Manset |first3=David |last4=Rousseau |first4=Marc-Étienne |last5=Toga |first5=Arthur |last6=Evans |first6=Alan C. |journal=Nature Reviews Neurology |volume=7 |issue=8 |pages=429–38 |pmid=21727938}}</ref> Here users can upload, use, and share algorithms for brain imaging analysis,<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=19593068 |year=2009 |last1=Anjum |first1=Ashiq |last2=Bloodsworth |first2=Peter |last3=Habib |first3=Irfan |last4=Lansdale |first4=Tom |last5=McClatchey |first5=Richard |last6=Mehmood |first6=Yasir |author7=neuGRID Consortium |title=Reusable services from the neuGRID project for grid-based health applications |volume=147 |pages=283–8 |journal=Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |bibcode=2012arXiv1202.5516A |arxiv=1202.5516 |issue=978 |doi=10.3233/978-1-60750-027-8-283}}</ref> have access to large neuroimaging datasets, and make computationally intensive analyses, all the time with specialized support and training. Thanks to distributed services and [[Grid computing|grid]]/[[cloud computing|cloud]] computational resources, analyses with neuGRID are much faster than traditional-style lab-based analyses. neuGRID's proof-of-concept was carried out in 2009 when an Alzheimer's disease [[biomarker]] (3D cortical thickness with Freesurfer and CIVET) was extracted from 6.500 MR scans in 2 weeks versus 5 years that it would have taken in a traditional setting.
== History ==
neuGRID was first funded by the European Commission DG INFSO within the [[7th Framework Program]] from 2008 to 2011. Here, the hardware and middleware infrastructure were developed. The second wave was funded in 2011 by the [[European Commission]], now DG CONNECT, under the project '''neuGRID for you (N4U)''', with the main aim of expanding user services with more intuitive and graphical interfaces. N4U ended in April 2015.
== Consortium ==
The initial neuGRID consortium involved 8 European partners from Italy, France, UK, Nederland, Sweden, Spain and Switzerland. N4U involved 9 European partners (6 of which already in neuGRID) and 2 North Americans. International partners have been involved thanks to a support action funded once more by DG INFSO ('''outGRID''', http://www.outgrid.eu). The coordinator of all three projects is Giovanni B Frisoni, neurologist based at the IRCCS Fatebenefratelli, The National Centre for Alzheimer's Disease in Brescia, Italy.
==Notes==
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== Other publications ==
===Neuroscientific studies where neuGRID has been used as a resource===
*{{cite journal |pmid=24139654 |year=2013 |last1=Redolfi |first1=A |last2=Bosco |first2=P |last3=Manset |first3=D |last4=Frisoni |first4=GB |last5=The Neugrid Consortium|title=Brain investigation and brain conceptualization |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=175–90 |pmc=3812741 |journal=Functional Neurology}}
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.02.012 |title=Assessing the reproducibility of the SienaX and Siena brain atrophy measures using the ADNI back-to-back MP-RAGE MRI scans |year=2011 |last1=Cover |first1=Keith S. |last2=Van Schijndel |first2=Ronald A. |last3=Van Dijk |first3=Bob W. |last4=Redolfi |first4=Alberto |last5=Knol |first5=Dirk L. |last6=Frisoni |first6=Giovanni B. |last7=Barkhof |first7=Frederik |last8=Vrenken |first8=Hugo |journal=Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging |volume=193 |issue=3 |pages=182–90 |pmid=21764565 |author10=Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative|author9=NeuGRID|url=https://zenodo.org/record/3421967 }}
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/nrneurol.2009.215 |title=The clinical use of structural MRI in Alzheimer disease |year=2010 |last1=Frisoni |first1=Giovanni B. |last2=Fox |first2=Nick C. |last3=Jack Jr |first3=Clifford R. |last4=Scheltens |first4=Philip |last5=Thompson |first5=Paul M. |journal=Nature Reviews Neurology |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=67–77 |pmid=20139996 |pmc=2938772}}
*For a complete list of the neuGRID publications please visit: https://www.neugrid2.eu/index.php/scientific-publications/
== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://neugrid2.eu}}
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