Using imaging to combat a pandemic: rationale for developing the UK National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database

Joseph Jacob; Daniel Alexander; J Kenneth Baillie; Rosalind Berka; Ottavia Bertolli; James Blackwood; Iain Buchan; Claire Bloomfield; Dominic Cushnan; Annemarie Docherty; Anthony Edey; Alberto Favaro; Fergus Gleeson; Mark Halling-Brown; Samanjit Hare; Emily Jefferson; Annette Johnstone; Myles Kirby; Ruth McStay; Arjun Nair; Peter J M Openshaw; Geoff Parker; Gerry Reilly; Graham Robinson; Giles Roditi; Jonathan C L Rodrigues; Neil Sebire; Malcolm G Semple; Catherine Sudlow; Nick Woznitza; Indra Joshi

doi:10.1183/13993003.01809-2020

Using imaging to combat a pandemic: rationale for developing the UK National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database

Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 13;56(2):2001809. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01809-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

Authors

Joseph Jacob^{1

2}, Daniel Alexander², J Kenneth Baillie^{3

4}, Rosalind Berka⁵, Ottavia Bertolli⁵, James Blackwood⁶, Iain Buchan⁷, Claire Bloomfield⁸, Dominic Cushnan⁹, Annemarie Docherty¹⁰, Anthony Edey¹¹, Alberto Favaro⁵, Fergus Gleeson^{8

12}, Mark Halling-Brown^{13

14}, Samanjit Hare¹⁵, Emily Jefferson^{16

17}, Annette Johnstone¹⁸, Myles Kirby⁵, Ruth McStay¹⁹, Arjun Nair²⁰, Peter J M Openshaw²¹, Geoff Parker^{2

22}, Gerry Reilly¹⁶, Graham Robinson²³, Giles Roditi²⁴, Jonathan C L Rodrigues²³, Neil Sebire¹⁶, Malcolm G Semple²⁵, Catherine Sudlow^{26

27}, Nick Woznitza^{28

29

30}, Indra Joshi⁹

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, University College London, London, UK j.jacob@ucl.ac.uk.
² Centre for Medical Image Computing, Dept of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
³ Division of Genetics and Genomics, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁵ Faculty, London, UK.
⁶ The Industrial Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research in Digital Diagnostics (iCAIRD), Dept of eHealth, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
⁷ Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁸ National Consortium of Intelligent Medical Imaging (NCIMI), The University of Oxford, Big Data Institute, Oxford, UK.
⁹ NHSX, London, UK.
¹⁰ Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹¹ Dept of Radiology, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
¹² Dept of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹³ Scientific Computing, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, UK.
¹⁴ Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP), University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
¹⁵ Dept of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Trust, London, UK.
¹⁶ Health Data Research UK, London, UK.
¹⁷ Health Informatics Centre (HIC), School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
¹⁸ Dept of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
¹⁹ Dept of Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
²⁰ Dept of Radiology, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
²¹ National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
²² Bioxydyn Limited, Manchester, UK.
²³ Dept of Radiology, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Bath, UK.
²⁴ Dept of Radiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
²⁵ NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
²⁶ Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
²⁷ British Heart Foundation (BHF) Data Science Centre, Health Data Research UK, Edinburgh, UK.
²⁸ Radiology Dept, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK.
²⁹ School of Allied and Public Health Professions, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK.
³⁰ 12 NHS Nightingale Hospital London, London, UK.

Abstract

The National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database (NCCID) is a repository of chest radiographs, CT and MRI images and clinical data from COVID-19 patients across the UK, to support research and development of AI technology and give insight into COVID-19 disease https://bit.ly/3eQeuha

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Artificial Intelligence / statistics & numerical data*
COVID-19
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnostic imaging
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Databases, Factual / statistics & numerical data
Diagnostic Imaging / methods
Diagnostic Imaging / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Program Development
Radiography, Thoracic / methods
Radiography, Thoracic / statistics & numerical data
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / statistics & numerical data*
United Kingdom

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding