U.S. medical scientists have developed a tool that can observe how the folded, outermost layer of the brain develops.
April 10, 2007 (Press Release) --
U.S. medical scientists have developed a tool that can observe how the folded, outermost layer of the brain develops.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say humans, as well as other large mammals and even cats, have the somewhat mysterious brain feature.
But now MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers have developed a tool that could help researchers "see" how those folds develop and decay in the cerebral cortex.
By applying computer graphics techniques to brain images collected using magnetic resonance imaging, the scientists have created a set of tools for tracking and measuring the folds over time. Their resulting model of cortical development could serve as a biological indicator for early diagnosis of such neurological disorders as autism.
Peng Yu, a graduate student at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, is first author of the research paper that appears in the April issue of IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.
Source: http://www.playfuls.com/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say humans, as well as other large mammals and even cats, have the somewhat mysterious brain feature.
But now MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers have developed a tool that could help researchers "see" how those folds develop and decay in the cerebral cortex.
By applying computer graphics techniques to brain images collected using magnetic resonance imaging, the scientists have created a set of tools for tracking and measuring the folds over time. Their resulting model of cortical development could serve as a biological indicator for early diagnosis of such neurological disorders as autism.
Peng Yu, a graduate student at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, is first author of the research paper that appears in the April issue of IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.
Source: http://www.playfuls.com/
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