Brain Atlas & Registration
Coordinate systems, reference atlases, and registration algorithms for standardized brain mapping
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5 terms| Term | Description | |
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| Allen Brain Atlas | A publicly available reference atlas of the mouse brain, with standardized anatomical parcellations, gene expression map... | |
| Atlas Registration | The computational process of aligning an image of an experimental brain section to the corresponding reference atlas pla... | |
| Bregma | The anatomical landmark on the skull where the coronal and sagittal sutures intersect. It is the zero-reference point fo... | |
| Coronal Section Matching | The step in atlas registration where each physical brain slice is matched to the best-fitting coronal plate in the refer... | |
| Stereotaxic Coordinates | A three-dimensional coordinate system referenced to skull landmarks that enables precise, reproducible targeting of brai... |