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Three-Dimensional Statistical Analysis of Sulcal Variability in the Human Brain
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Morphometric variance of the human brain is qualitatively observable in surface features of the cortex. Statistical analysis of sulcal geometry will facilitate multisubject atlasing, neurosurgical studies, and multimodality brain mapping applications. This investigation describes the variability in location and geometry of five sulci surveyed in each hemisphere of six postmortem human brains placed within the Talairach stereotaxic grid. The sulci were modeled as complex internal surfaces in the brain. Heterogeneous profiles of three-dimensional (3D) variation were quantified locally within individual sulci. Whole human heads, sectioned at 50 micrometer, were digitally photographed and high-resolution 3D data volumes were reconstructed. The parieto-occipital sulcus, the anterior and posterior rami of the calcarine sulcus, the cingulate and marginal sulci, and the supracallosal sulcus were delineated manually on sagittally resampled sections. Sulcal outlines were reparameterized for surface comparisons. Statistics of 3D variation for arbitrary points on each surface were calculated locally from the standardized individual data. Additional measures of surface area, extent in three dimensions, surface curvature, and fractal dimension were used to characterize variations in sulcal geometry. Paralimbic sulci exhibited a greater degree of anterior-posterior variability than vertical variability. Occipital sulci displayed the reverse trend. Both trends were consistent with developmental growth patterns. Points on the occipital sulci displayed a profile of variability highly correlated with their 3D distance from the posterior commissure. Surface curvature was greater for the arched paralimbic sulci than for those bounding occipital gyri in each hemisphere. On the other hand, fractal dimension measures were remarkably similar for all sulci examined, and no significant hemispheric asymmetries were found for any of the selected spatial and geometric parameters. Implications of cortical morphometric variability for multisubject comparisons and brain mapping applications are discussed.
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- Authors
- Thompson, P. M., Schwartz, C., Lin, R. T., Khan, A. A., & Toga, A. W.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 1996-07-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 4261-4274
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC6578992
- OpenAlex
- W2141487450
- Cited by
- 346
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 23.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (9322434)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- US-UK Fulbright Commission
- National Institute of Mental Health (P20 MH/DA52176)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- U.S. National Library of Medicine (LM/MH05639)
- National Center for Research Resources (RR05956)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Anatomy and Medical Technology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anatomy › Classical Anatomy and Histology
- Keywords
- parieto-occipital sulcus, calcarine sulcus, cingulate sulcus, surface curvature, fractal dimension, hemispheric lateralization, cortical morphometry
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cadaver, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Neurological, Stereotaxic Techniques, Fractals
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