Workbench surface editor of brain cortical surface

Douglas E. Dow; Wieslaw L. Nowinski; Luis Serra

doi:10.1117/12.238439

15 April 1996 Workbench surface editor of brain cortical surface

Douglas E. Dow, Wieslaw L. Nowinski, Luis Serra

Proceedings Volume 2707, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Display; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238439
Event: Medical Imaging 1996, 1996, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed a 3D reach-in tool to manually reconstruct 3D cortical surface patches from 2D brain atlas images. The first application of our cortex editor is building 3D functional maps, specifically Brodmann's areas. This tool may also be useful in clinical practice to adjust incorrectly mapped atlas regions due to the deforming effect of lesions. The cortex editor allows a domain expert to control the correlation of control points across slices. Correct correlation has been difficult for 3D reconstruction algorithms because the atlas slices are far apart and because of the complex topology of the cortex which differs so much from slice to slice. Also, higher precision of the resulting surfaces is demanded since these define 3D brain atlas features upon which future stereotactic surgery may be based. The cortex editor described in this paper provides a tool suitable for a domain expert to use in defining the 3D surface of a Brodmann's area.

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Douglas E. Dow, Wieslaw L. Nowinski, and Luis Serra "Workbench surface editor of brain cortical surface", Proc. SPIE 2707, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Display, (15 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238439

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