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Overview
Spectacular recent developments in neuroimaging technologies have vastly increased the amount of information about brain structure that can be obtained from tomographic scans. Prepared by a leading expert in advanced brain-imaging techniques, this unique atlas illustrates the wide range of neuroanatomical variation in a collection of normal human brains in three-dimensional computerized reconstructions of MR scans of living persons. It also provides 100 sections of a single brain so that the same structure presented in the section of one incidence can be identified in the section of another incidence that intersects it. Axial and coronal sections of another brain with a different overall configuration are included at the two most frequently used incidences so that readers will get a sense of the "correction" that they may need to apply to standard images. The atlas is based on a voxel-rendering technique developed in the author's laboratory that permits the reconstruction of the brain in three dimensions with about the same degree of precision in identifying major sulci and gyri that can be achieved at the autopsy table. The images used throughout the atlas have not been beautified; the contours have been left ragged for greater anatomical detail. Thirteen pages of color illustrations are also included.
The first of its kind, this atlas will be an essential tool for neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and neuroscientists, as well as for medical and neuroscience students.
The book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations.
Synopsis
Spectacular recent developments in neuroimaging technologies have vastly increased the amount of information about brain structure that can be obtained from tomographic scans. Prepared by a leading expert in advanced brain-imaging techniques, this unique atlas illustrates the wide range of neuroanatomical variation in a collection of normal human brains in three-dimensional computerized reconstructions of MR scans of living persons. It also provides 100 sections of a single brain so that the same structure presented in the section of one incidence can be identified in the section of another incidence that intersects it. Axial and coronal sections of another brain with a different overall configuration are included at the two most frequently used incidences so that readers will get a sense of the "correction" that they may need to apply to standard images. The atlas is based on a voxel-rendering technique developed in the author's laboratory that permits the reconstruction of the brain in three dimensions with about the same degree of precision in identifying major sulci and gyri that can be achieved at the autopsy table. The images used throughout the atlas have not been beautified; the contours have been left ragged for greater anatomical detail. Thirteen pages of color illustrations are also included.
The first of its kind, this atlas will be an essential tool for neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and neuroscientists, as well as for medical and neuroscience students.
Steven U. Brint
This is a new brain atlas that reveals surface anatomy of living human brains using a wide spectrum CT reconstructions in many orientations. This makes it an excellent source for interpreting cortical brain anatomy in routine and experimental neuroradiological studies. "The book will assist clinicians and researchers in precisely interpreting the surface anatomy of the cerebral cortex as seen in conventional neuroradiological studies. These very practical objectives are meticulously met in this volume. "The book is a reference text and as such could be valuable to the student, researcher and clinician. Neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroradiologists will find it invaluable at times. The author is a major authority in the neuroanatomy of brain imaging. "All images are black-and-white and of good quality. Several color-overlays of surface structures are included. There is no index. A brief bibliography is included. "This atlas will be very helpful for more precise neuroradiogical interpretations of brain lesions in clinical practical and in the research setting. A wide spectrum of slice orientations are presented for several brains. A compendium of brain surface variations are also shown. As such this book may serve as a benchmark for interpreting functional neuroimaging studies. Neurologists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroscientists will find it valuable in everyday practice. It should be purchased by medical libraries and clinicians and neuroscientists with an interest in surface brain anatomy and its variations.
Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Jeremy D Schmahmann, MD(Massachusetts General Hospital)Description: The ability to reliably identify cerebral cortical areas of the human brain in morphometric and functional imaging studies is a major goal of contemporary cognitive neuroscience. To this end, Hanna Damasio's second and fully revised edition of her atlas is an extremely practical guide to the gross morphology of the human brain.
Purpose: This revised atlas identifies cerebral gyri in the cardinal planes used in clinical, morphometric and functional MRI scans, and addresses issues of individual variation between brains and between hemispheres of the same brain. This is a valuable and important tool that further facilitates structure-function and clinical-anatomical correlations in the human brain.
Audience: The book is written for clinicians and researchers involved in the elucidation of structure-function correlations of the human cerebral cortex. Medical students, graduate students, residents, fellows and practitioners in neurology, neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, surgery, radiology, and the inter-related disciplines engaged in functional neuroimaging will benefit from access to this careful and detailed analysis written by an authoritative figure in the field.
Features: "This meticulous and detailed analysis of human gyral morphology recognizes variations between and within brains. It commences with a comparative gross morphometry of brains from different primates, and then shows that within human brains there is inter-individual variability of even the major fissures. The external features of three brains with different shapes (one dolicocephalic and two brachicephalic) are presented, including Brodmann area equivalents in the dolicephalic brain. This is followed by a demonstration in 26 brains of overt sulcal and gyral variations. The bulk of the book comprises the MRI images of the three different brains sectioned in the axial, coronal and sagittal planes used in clinical and research scans. The gyri are clearly labeled, and the incidence (plane of section) is identified on the lateral and medial views of the hemisphere on every page. It concludes with examples of how the cerebral cortical localization of focal lesions can be accurately identified on MRI using this atlas. What is missing is identification of structures in the cerebellum even though the cerebellar fissures and lobules are clearly identifiable. Clinicians and researchers interested in structure-function correlations of the human cerebellum will need to turn to the MRI Atlas of the Human Cerebellum, by Schmahmann (Academic Press, 2000) for this information. "
Assessment: In Dr. Damasio's thoroughly revised second edition of her book, she enhances the understanding of common principles of gross brain organization. It provides users with confidence in their ability to identify focal regions of the cerebral cortex on computerized scans, and leads them through the intricacies of the relationship of gross morphology to Brodmann architecture. This outstanding atlas thus facilitates further detailed exploration of the functional attributes of the cerebral cortical structures so carefully analyzed throughout the work.
Steven U. Brint
This is a new brain atlas that reveals surface anatomy of living human brains using a wide spectrum CT reconstructions in many orientations. This makes it an excellent source for interpreting cortical brain anatomy in routine and experimental neuroradiological studies. "The book will assist clinicians and researchers in precisely interpreting the surface anatomy of the cerebral cortex as seen in conventional neuroradiological studies. These very practical objectives are meticulously met in this volume. "The book is a reference text and as such could be valuable to the student, researcher and clinician. Neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroradiologists will find it invaluable at times. The author is a major authority in the neuroanatomy of brain imaging. "All images are black-and-white and of good quality. Several color-overlays of surface structures are included. There is no index. A brief bibliography is included. "This atlas will be very helpful for more precise neuroradiogical interpretations of brain lesions in clinical practical and in the research setting. A wide spectrum of slice orientations are presented for several brains. A compendium of brain surface variations are also shown. As such this book may serve as a benchmark for interpreting functional neuroimaging studies. Neurologists, neuroradiologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroscientists will find it valuable in everyday practice. It should be purchased by medical libraries and clinicians and neuroscientists with an interest in surface brain anatomy and its variations.4 Stars! from Doody