Predicting age of healthy subjects based on morphological features of structural MRI images

The first national challenge with the topic:

Predicting age of healthy subjects based on morphological features of structural MRI images

(Based on national data of Iranian Brain Mapping Biobank (IBMB) and using the facilities of the High Performance Computing (HPC) of the National Brain Mapping Laboratory (NBML))

Contacts:

Students and graduates of biomedical engineering, medical physics, computer science and engineering, cognitive sciences and all those interested in brain mapping

Description:

In this challenge, the database of Iranian Brain Mapping Biobank (IBMB) at NBMLwill be provided to the audience in the age range of 20 to 70 years.

Each group is assigned an user account on the High Performance Computing (HPC) to analyze their data using FreeSurfer software installed on the server.

(Other software such as MATLAB and Python are installed on the HPC and The required software will be installed for each group)

Criteria for evaluating groups:

• How to use NBML Biobank and High Performance Computing (HPC)
• The type of method selected
• The accuracy of the method

Registration start time: September 25, 2020

Challenge start time: October 10, 2020