Brain Anatomy Basics & Region Drawing
Before practicum on Friday, please complete following:
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Read through Intro to Neuroanatomy slides along with Nieuwenhuys 2008 chapters 3 and 5.
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Videos: UBC Neuroanatomy Season 1, Brain Anatomy for Health Professionals Series
Download DSI-Studio
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Download DSI-Studio. Skim the document and play with the software. Data and tutorials can be found on DSI-Studio website.
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Download HCP1065.1mm.fib.gz.
During practicum on Friday:
- Hands-on
- Open HCP1065.1mm.fib.gz on DSI-Studio at [Step T3 Fiber Tracking]
- Practice shortcuts
- Identify the following structure using T1W and FreeSurferDKT atlases at [Step T3a]
- Fissures: longitudinal fissure and Sylvian fissure
- Sulci: Lateral sulcus, precentral sulcus, central sulcus, and postcentral sulcus
- Gyri: precentral gyrus and postcentral gyrus
- Neocortex: frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital and insular
- Forebrain: Thalamus, hypothalamus
- Midbrain: substantia nigra, cerebral peduncles
- Basal ganglia: caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, putamen, and substantia nigra
- Limbic area: Hypothalamic nuclei, amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, corpus callosum and cingulate gyrus
- Cerebellum
Assignment:
Task 1: Neuroantomy test
Complete the neuroanatomy worksheet .
Task 2: Identify structure in DSI Studio
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Load 100206.src.gz.gqi.1.7.fib.gz onto DSI-Studio.
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Load 100206_T1w.nii.gz by clicking on “Insert Other Images” under Slices menu.
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According to the video of “quick 3D manual segmentation of a brain tumor”, draw an ROI of left thalamus.
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Open atlases, choose FreeSurferDKT subcortical atlas, and load left thalamus.
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Compare your thalamus ROI to that of FreeSurferDKT subcortical atlas.