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Letters: On computing the anatomy of the brain
Source: Pixel 1990;1(1):20-27.
Author: Toga AW.
Abstract:
Computer graphics is often taken to be simply a service discipline: a high-tech supplier of pictures. The effort to understand brain function in the higher vertebrates, such as cats, monkeys and human beings, may offer a counterexample: a case in which the conceptual basis of computer graphics is itself a source of deep scientific insight. We have developed a computer system to support what amounts to computer-aided neuroanatomy. The intent is to overcome a frustrating aspect of the anatomy of the brain: its elaborate three dimensional curvature, which makes even the most basic properties of the cerebral cortex difficult to determine.
Source: Pixel 1990;1(1):20-27.
Author: Toga AW.
Abstract:
Computer graphics is often taken to be simply a service discipline: a high-tech supplier of pictures. The effort to understand brain function in the higher vertebrates, such as cats, monkeys and human beings, may offer a counterexample: a case in which the conceptual basis of computer graphics is itself a source of deep scientific insight. We have developed a computer system to support what amounts to computer-aided neuroanatomy. The intent is to overcome a frustrating aspect of the anatomy of the brain: its elaborate three dimensional curvature, which makes even the most basic properties of the cerebral cortex difficult to determine.