A high-resolution multi-shell 3T diffusion magnetic resonance imaging dataset as part of the Amsterdam Ultra-high field adult lifespan database (AHEAD)
Max C. Keuken,
Luka C. Liebrand,
Pierre-Louis Bazin,
Anneke Alkemade,
Nikita van Berendonk,
Josephine M. Groot,
Scott J.S. Isherwood,
Sarah Kemp,
Nicky Lute,
Martijn J. Mulder,
Anne C. Trutti,
Matthan W.A. Caan,
Birte U. Forstmann
Affiliations
Max C. Keuken
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Corresponding author at: Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B, Postbus 15926, 1001 NK Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Luka C. Liebrand
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pierre-Louis Bazin
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Departments of Neurophysics and Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Anneke Alkemade
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nikita van Berendonk
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Josephine M. Groot
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Psychology, UiT–The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Scott J.S. Isherwood
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sarah Kemp
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sensorimotor Neuroscience and Ageing Research Lab, School of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Nicky Lute
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Martijn J. Mulder
Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Anne C. Trutti
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Cognitive Psychology Unit and Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Matthan W.A. Caan
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Birte U. Forstmann
Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In order to further our understanding of brain function and the underlying networks, more advanced diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI MRI) data are essential. Here we present freely available high-resolution multi-shell multi-directional 3 Tesla (T) DWI MRI data as part of the ‘Amsterdam Ultra-high field adult lifespan database’ (AHEAD). The 3T DWI AHEAD dataset include 1.28mm isotropic whole brain DWI data of 49 healthy adult participants between 18 and 90 years old. The acquired data include DWIs at three non-zero b-values (48 directions, b-value 700 s/mm2; 56 directions, b-value 1000 s/mm2; 64 directions, b-value 1600 s/mm2) including a total of twelve volumes with a b-value of 0 s/mm2 (b0 volumes). In addition, eight b0 volumes with a reversed phase encoding direction were acquired to correct for distortions. To facilitate future use, the DWI data have been denoised, corrected for eddy currents, susceptibility-induced off-resonance field distortions, bias fields, and are skull stripped.
