Measuring, mapping, and modeling brain structure and function

Arthur W. Toga; Paul Thompson

doi:10.1117/12.274034

9 May 1997 Measuring, mapping, and modeling brain structure and function

Arthur W. Toga, Paul Thompson

Proceedings Volume 3033, Medical Imaging 1997: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274034
Event: Medical Imaging 1997, 1997, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Presently available anatomic atlases provide useful coordinate systems such as the ubiquitous Talairach system but are sorely lacking in both spatial resolution and completeness. An appropriately sampled anatomic specimen can provide the additional detail necessary to accurately localize activation sites as well as provide other structural perspectives such as chemoarchitecture. We collected serial section postmortem anatomic data from several whole human head and brain specimens using a cryosectioning technique. Tissue imaged so that voxel resolution was 200 microns or better at full color. These high resolution datasets along with collections of MR data were placed within a common coordinate system and used to produce a probabilistic representation. This approach represents anatomy within a coordinate system as a probability. Coordinate locations are assigned a confidence limit to describe the likelihood that a given location belongs to an anatomic structure based upon the population of specimens. A variety of warping strategies are discussed to provide statistics on morphometric variability and probability. High dimensional anatomically based warps utilizing sulcal anatomy are described. These data are an important and necessary part of the comprehensive structural and functional analyses that focus on the mapping of the human brain.

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Arthur W. Toga and Paul Thompson "Measuring, mapping, and modeling brain structure and function", Proc. SPIE 3033, Medical Imaging 1997: Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, (9 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274034

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