In light of technological advancements in neuroimaging analysis buoyed by advances in artificial intelligence (AI), there are growing expectations for the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders through AI analysis of big data. CBHD will draw upon the insights the University of Tokyo Hospital has accumulated as a center of research both in Japan and abroad. The Center will build and operate a human brain MRI research database and provide support for its use. The departments of Neuropsychiatry, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Radiology, Geriatric Medicine, the Rehabilitation Center, and the Department of Child Psychiatry are collaborated in the activities of CBHD. Through its activities, CBHD also collaborates with the Unit for Early and Exploratory Clinical Development, the Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences at the University of Tokyo, and the International Research Center for Neurointelligence / Human fMRI Core at the University of Tokyo.

The primary activities of CBHD are as follows:

• The collection of research data and the construction of a database using MRI data of people with neuropsychiatric disorders and healthy & aging individuals
• The management of international data sharing involving human brain MRI research databases of neuropsychiatric disorders. This will be part of a collaborative effort with domestic and foreign research institutions
• The promotion of cross-divisional research, medical-engineering collaboration, and integrative research between the humanities and biological sciences, mainly within the university
• Technical support for researchers inside and outside the university, including support with imaging protocols and neuroimaging analysis

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