A proposal of new reference system for the standard axial, sagittal, coronal planes of brain based on the serially-sectioned images.
Sectional anatomy of human brain is useful to examine the diseased brain as well as normal brain. However, intracerebral reference points for the axial, sagittal, and coronal planes of brain have not been standardized in anatomical sections or radiological images. We made 2,343 serially-sectioned images of a cadaver head with 0.1 mm intervals, 0.1 mm pixel size, and 48 bit color and obtained axial, sagittal, and coronal images based on the proposed reference system. This reference system consists of one principal reference point and two ancillary reference points. The two ancillary reference points are the anterior commissure and the posterior commissure. And the principal reference point is the midpoint of two ancillary reference points. It resides in the center of whole brain. From the principal reference point, Cartesian coordinate of x, y, z could be made to be the standard axial, sagittal, and coronal planes.
Park
Jin Seo
JS
Department of Anatomy, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju, Korea.
Chung
Min Suk
MS
Park
Hyo Seok
HS
Shin
Dong Sun
DS
Har
Dong-Hwan
DH
Cho
Zang-Hee
ZH
Kim
Young-Bo
YB
Han
Jae-Yong
JY
Chi
Je-Geun
JG
D000368:Aged; D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed