Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research (대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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Development of a Group-specific Average Brain Atlas: A Comparison Study between Korean and Occidental Groups

  • Kim Hyun-Pil (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee Jong-Min (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Lee Dong Soo (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Koo Bang-Bon (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim Jae-Jin (Department of of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim In Young (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kwon Jun Soo (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yoo Tae Woo (Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Chang Kee-Hyun (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim Sun I. (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Published : 2005.02.01
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Abstract

One of the most important roles of a brain atlas is providing a spatial reference system in which multiple images can be interpreted in a consistent way. The brain atlase based on Western populations such as the International Consortium for Brain Mapping's 452 T-1 Weighted Average Atlas was widely used; however, they may not be the optimal choice for use with brain images from other ethnic groups, because structural differences between occidental and oriental brains have been reported. Therefore, in this study, we created an average brain atlas from 100 healthy Koreans (100 cases (M/F=53/47), 39.0±17.0 years). The purpose of this study was to make a Korean average-brain atlas and to measure its differences from a widely accepted average brain atlas built on an occidental population. The average brain atlas for Koreans was developed using widely accepted tools and procedures. The comparison between the Korean and occidental averages was performed using tissue probability maps and a registration tool, and it was shown that the global pattern of differences between the two average brains found in this work agreed with previously reported differences: Korean brains are wider and shorter in size, and smaller in volume, yet no hemispheric volume asymmetry was found.

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