Common atlas format and 3D brain atlas reconstructor: infrastructure for constructing 3D brain atlases.

ABSTRACT: One of the challenges of modern neuroscience is integrating voluminous data of diferent modalities derived from a variety of specimens. This task requires a common spatial framework that can be provided by brain atlases. The first atlases were limited to two-dimentional presentation of structural data. Recently, attempts at creating 3D atlases have been made to offer navigation within non-standard anatomical planes and improve capability of localization of different types of data within the brain volume. The 3D atlases available so far have been created using frameworks which make it difficult for other researchers to replicate the results. To facilitate reproducible research and data sharing in the field we propose an SVG-based Common Atlas Format (CAF) to store 2D atlas delineations or o

SUBMITTER: Majka P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3325030 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature