A method to construct flat maps of the brain's surface and its application

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 679-709

  Deklerck, Rudi ^a   Guo, Junfeng ^c   Salomie, Alexandru ^c   Suliga, Marek ^a   Nyssen, Edgard ^a   Tao, Liu ^c   Baleriaux, Danielle ^b   Cornelis, Jan ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain; Cortex; Flat map; Sulci; Surface flattening; Surface unfolding

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CORTEX; FLAT MAP; SULCI; SURFACE FLATTENING; SURFACE UNFOLDING;

BRAIN;

EID: 33748551965     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001406004879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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