title: A proposal of new reference system for the standard axial, sagittal, coronal planes of brain based on the serially-sectioned images.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Seo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Min Suk
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Hyo Seok
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dong Sun
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Dong-Hwan
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Har
authors.forename: Zang-Hee
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Young-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Je-Geun
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Chi
mesh_terms: 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