A labeled clinical-MRI dataset of Nigerian brains

There is currently a paucity of neuroimaging data from the African continent, limiting the diversity of data from a significant proportion of the global population. This in turn diminishes global health research and innovation. To address this issue, we present and describe the first Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) dataset from individuals in the African nation of Nigeria. This dataset contains pseudonymized structural MRI (T1w, T2w, FLAIR) data of clinical quality, with 33 images from healthy control subjects, 32 images from individuals diagnosed with age-related dementia and 21 from individuals with Parkinson's Disease. Given the potential for Africa to contribute to the global neuroscience community, this unique MRI dataset represents both an opportunity and benchmark for future studies to share data from the African continent.