Steps to create an account on ADNI website
Note: It takes about a week to get access permission granted.
1) Click on the following link to get to the ADNI website: http://adni.loni.usc.edu/
2) Hover your cursor over the DATA & SAMPLES tab.
3) Click on the ACCESS DATA AND SAMPLES in the drop-down menu.
4) Scroll down the webpage until you see the ADNI data button, under APPLY FOR ACCESS TO DATA paragraph and then click on it.
5) A new browser tab would open up titled ‘ADNI Data Use Agreement’, scroll down the webpage, select I Agree and click on SUBMIT button.
6) Enter your email address as Step 1 of your ADNI Data Use Application and click the Continue button.
7) An email with the security code will be generated as shown in the figure below. Make sure to check your spam folder in case you don’t receive the email.
8) Step 2: Enter your security code on the webpage as shown below and click CONTINUE.
9) Step 3: Fill up your details in the required fields marked with an asterisk (*) and click CONTINUE
10) Step 4: Click COMPLETE APPLICATION as shown in the image below.
11) Subsequently, a confirmation email will be generated stating to expect a decision within one week.
12) Within a week, one can expect an email with the username and a link to create a password as shown in the image below. Click on the link and set your password. Now the user is all set to login ADNI website (using the username and password) and access the data.
Steps to download image dataset from ADNI website once logged in [Browser: Internet Explorer 11]
2) Once logged in, click on the DOWNLOAD tab at the top of the page.
3) Next, click on the Image Collections sub tab under the DOWNLOAD tab.
4) Next, click on the Advanced Search (beta) tab as shown in the image below.
5) In order to see all the images available for download, check all the boxes under SEARCH SECTION (Subject, Subject Specific Information, Assessments, Study/Visit, Image, Imaging Protocol, Image Processing), IMAGE TYPES (Original, Pre-processed, Post-processed), PROJECT PHASE (ADNI1, ADNIGO, ADNI2, ADNI3) and IMAGE Modality [Scroll down the page a little to see this sub section] (DTI, MRI, PET, fMRI) as shown in the two figures below.
6) Once the boxes are checked, click the search button which can be seen on the upper right corner of the screen as shown in the image below.
7) Subsequently, a new tab titled 'Advanced Search Results' will be generated right next to the 'Advanced Search (beta)' tab. Next, check the Select All box and click on Add To Collection button available on the right of the screen as shown in the figure below.
8) Once the Add To Collection box is clicked, a pop up box will appear prompting the user to Enter a name for the collection. User can input any name eg. Test and click OK as shown below.
9) Next, in the Data Collections tab, one can see that a Test collection has been generated under My Collections. Select the All checkbox available on the right side of the screen and then click ADVANCED DOWNLOAD.