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Incorporating constraint-based shape models into an interactive system for functional brain mapping.

K P Hinshaw·J F Brinkley
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Through intraoperative electrical stimulation mapping, it is possible to identify sites on the surface of the brain that are essential for language function. Interesting correlations have been found between the distribution of these sites and behavioral traits such as verbal IQ. In previous work, tools were developed for building a reconstruction of a patient's cortical surface and using it to recover coordinates of essential language sites. However, considerable expertise was required to produce good reconstructions. This paper describes an improved version of the mapping procedure, in which segmentation is driven by a 3-D shape model. The model-based approach provides more intuitive control over the system, allowing a trained user to complete a surface reconstruction and mapping in about two hours. This level of performance makes it feasible to gather language maps for a large number of patients, which hopefully will lead to significant new findings about language organization in the brain.

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Anatomy, Cross-SectionalBrainBrain MappingHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingModels, AnatomicJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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K P Hinshaw, J F Brinkley. 1998. Incorporating constraint-based shape models into an interactive system for functional brain mapping.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9929353/

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