Evaluating Brain Health

Lay Description

A research dataset comprising patients who underwent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampling and biomarker analysis, alongside SPECT imaging. The study aims to compare SPECT imaging findings with CSF biomarker results to evaluate whether SPECT imaging could serve as an alternative diagnostic marker.

Data obtained from UHS Hospital Electronic Patient Record (EPR).

Further Information

Data Contributor: University Hospital Southampton
Geographic Coverage: UHS
Population Coverage: million
Years: 2014-2024
Real-Time Data Available: Non Real-Time
Therapeutic Disease Area: Neurological
Data Modalities: Radiology Structured coded data
Data Source Care Setting: Secondary
Reuse Capability: Yes – WSDE DAC
Research Uses: Evaluating brain health across the life course: exploring SDE capabilities for machine learning-driven, imaging-based, dementia diagnostics
Dataset Resources: Brain-Health-Data-Dictionary-v1.pdf