title: A conceptual cortical surface atlas.
abstract: Volumetric, slice-based, 3-D atlases are invaluable tools for understanding complex cortical convolutions. We present a simple scheme to convert a slice-based atlas to a conceptual surface atlas that is easier to visualize and understand. The key idea is to unfold each slice into a one-dimensional vector, and concatenate a succession of these vectors--while maintaining as much spatial contiguity as possible--into a 2-D matrix. We illustrate our methodology using a coronal slice-based atlas of the Rhesus Monkey cortex. The conceptual surface-based atlases provide a useful complement to slice-based atlases for the purposes of indexing and browsing.
authors.affiliation: IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, United States of America. dmodha@us.ibm.com
authors.forename: Dharmendra S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Modha
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D016208:Databases, Factual; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface