Using the Talairach atlas with the MNI template
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Many functional imaging studies match their data to a brain template from the Monteal Neurological Institute (MNI). It is common for such studies to report activation coordinates and estimated Brodmann areas (BAs) in terms of the 1988 atlas of Talairach and Tournoux. This can be problematic, as the brains in the Talairach atlas and MNI template differ significantly in shape and size. This poster describes the differences between the atlas and MNI template, and presents an automated non-linear transform to convert a coordinate for one brain to the corresponding point in the other. Using the Talairach Atlas with the MNI template Matthew Brett1, Kalina Christoff2, Rhodri Cusack1 and Jack L. Lancaster3 1MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK 2Department of Psychology, Stanford, CA 3Biomedical Image Analysis Division, UTHSCSA, TX
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