During my PhD, I got to experience how rare open-source datasets of fetal brain MRIs -or their derivatives- are. One is often left to wander around the internet and research papers in the hope of finding this limited resource. Here are two lists of all the open-source datasets that I encountered (checked and approved):

Datasets of fetal brain MRIs & derivatives (last update: Oct. 2024)

Year Authors Dataset type Data Type Specificities Link
2010 Habas et al. Fetal brain spatiotemporal atlas T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 20–24 GW
2012 Serag et al. Fetal brain spatiotemporal atlas T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 23–37 GW
2013 Zhang et al. Fetal brain (post-mortem) spatiotemporal atlas T2 MRI Intensity and cortical surface templates between 15-22 GW
2017 Gholipour et al. Fetal brain spatiotemporal atlas T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 21-36 GW
2021 & 2022 FeTa challenge Multicentric dataset of fetal brain MRIs T2 MRI 120 fetal brain MRIs (volume reconstructed and parcellated)
2021 Wu et al. Fetal brain spatiotemporal atlas T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 21-37 GW
2021 Fidon et al. Spatiotemporal atlas of the fetal brain with spina bifida T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 21-34 GW
2022 Urru et al. Fetal brain spatiotemporal atlas T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 28 – 44 weeks
2023 Uus et al. Fetal brain spatiotemporal atlas T1 & T2 MRI T1, T2, diffusion and tissue parcellation templates between 21-36 weeks
2023 Karolis et al. Fetal cortical surface atlas (🧠) Meshes Pial, mid-thickness, white matter and very inflated surfaces between 21-36 weeks

Datasets of neonatal brain MRIs & derivatives (last update: June 2023)

Year Authors Dataset type Data Type Specificities Link
2011 Kuklisova-Murgasova et al. Neonatal brain spatiotemporal atlas T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 29-44 weeks
2012 Serag et al. Neonatal brain spatiotemporal atlas T1/ T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 28–44 weeks
2012 Gousias et al. Neonatal brain MRIs T1/ T2 MRI 20 brain intensity and parcellation templates between 36-44 weeks
2016 Makropoulos et al. Neonatal brain spatiotemporal atlas T2 MRI Tissue probability templates between 27-45 GW
2017 Alexander et al. (M-CRIB atlas) 10-subject brain atlas T1/T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 40-43 weeks
2018 Schuh et al. Neonatal brain spatiotemporal atlas T1/ T2 MRI Intensity and tissue probability templates between 26-44 weeks
2018 Bozek et al. (dHCP atlas) Neonatal cortical surface atlas (🧠) Meshes White, pial, midthickness surface templates between 28-44 weeks
2018 Wu et al. Neonatal cortical surface atlas (🧠) Meshes Spherical and inner cortical surface between 39-44 weeks
2020 Adamson et al. (M-CRIB-S atlas) Neonatal cortical surface atlas (🧠) Meshes White, pial and spherical templates + cortical curvature and sulcal depth
2021 O' Reilly al. Infant cortical surface atlas (🧠) Meshes Pial and white surface templates (> 2 weeks)