Visualization of human brain structure-function relationships

Author

Valentino, D.J. ; Mazziotta, J.C. ; Huang, H.K.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1737

Abstract

A procedure is described for combining and visualizing complementary structural and functional information from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET). MR and PET images of the human brain were obtained and correlated to form three-dimensional volumes of image data. Using a volumetric imaging technique, a procedure was developed to texture-map brain glucose metabolism onto brain anatomy. Sequences of three-dimensional views were produced and displayed dynamically to indicate the three-dimensional relationship between brain structure and brain function

Keywords

biomedical NMR; brain; computerised tomography; radioisotope scanning and imaging; 3D volumes; brain anatomy; brain glucose metabolism; human brain structure-function relationships; magnetic resonance imaging; medical technique; positron emission tomography; texture mapping procedure; volumetric imaging technique; Biochemistry; Brain; Data visualization; Humans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Rendering (computer graphics); Sugar; Surface reconstruction; Surface texture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96431

Filename

96431