OBIA: An Open Biomedical Imaging Archive

Enhui Jin; Dongli Zhao; Gangao Wu; Junwei Zhu; Zhonghuang Wang; Zhiyao Wei; Sisi Zhang; Anke Wang; Bixia Tang; Xu Chen; Yanling Sun; Zhe Zhang; Wenming Zhao; Yuanguang Meng

doi:10.1016/j.gpb.2023.09.003

OBIA: An Open Biomedical Imaging Archive

Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics. 2023 Oct;21(5):1059-1065. doi: 10.1016/j.gpb.2023.09.003. Epub 2023 Oct 6.

Authors

Enhui Jin¹, Dongli Zhao², Gangao Wu¹, Junwei Zhu³, Zhonghuang Wang¹, Zhiyao Wei², Sisi Zhang³, Anke Wang³, Bixia Tang³, Xu Chen³, Yanling Sun⁴, Zhe Zhang⁵, Wenming Zhao⁶, Yuanguang Meng⁷

Affiliations

¹ National Genomics Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
² Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Medical School, Beijing 100853, China.
³ National Genomics Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China.
⁴ National Genomics Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China. Electronic address: sunyanling@big.ac.cn.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seventh Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100700, China. Electronic address: tj.zhe.zhang@gmail.com.
⁶ National Genomics Data Center, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. Electronic address: zhaowm@big.ac.cn.
⁷ Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Medical School, Beijing 100853, China; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seventh Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100700, China. Electronic address: meng6512@vip.sina.com.

Abstract

With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, biomedical imaging data play an important role in scientific research and clinical application, but the available resources are limited. Here we present Open Biomedical Imaging Archive (OBIA), a repository for archiving biomedical imaging and related clinical data. OBIA adopts five data objects (Collection, Individual, Study, Series, and Image) for data organization, and accepts the submission of biomedical images of multiple modalities, organs, and diseases. In order to protect personal privacy, OBIA has formulated a unified de-identification and quality control process. In addition, OBIA provides friendly and intuitive web interfaces for data submission, browsing, and retrieval, as well as image retrieval. As of September 2023, OBIA has housed data for a total of 937 individuals, 4136 studies, 24,701 series, and 1,938,309 images covering 9 modalities and 30 anatomical sites. Collectively, OBIA provides a reliable platform for biomedical imaging data management and offers free open access to all publicly available data to support research activities throughout the world. OBIA can be accessed at https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/obia.

Keywords: Biomedical imaging; Database; De-identification; Open Biomedical Imaging Archive; Quality control.

MeSH terms

Artificial Intelligence*
Humans