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BigBrain - high resolution reference brain
Multimodal integration into an anatomically realistic standard space
Years of development
20 micron resolution
7404 histological slices
1 Terabyte dataset
The BigBrain dataset is the result of a collaborative effort between the teams of Dr. Katrin Amunts and Dr. Karl Zilles (Forschungszentrum Jülich), and Dr. Alan Evans (Montreal Neurological Institute)
Available freely at https://bigbrain.loris.ca
Explore the Brain!
Improved aligment
Optical balancing
DeepZoom File Format
3D Blocks
3D ROI
Thank you!Acknowledgements: Alan Evans, Alex Zijdenbos, Dario Vins, Jonathan Harlap, Matt Charlet, Andrew Corderey, Sebastian Muehlboeck, Reza Adalat, Louis Collins, Vladimir Fonov, Marc Rousseau, Mia Petkova, Rathi Gnanasekaran, David Brownlee, Tarek Sherif, Pierre Rioux, Nic Kassis, Leigh MacIntyre, Claude Lepage, Ilana Leppert, Natasha Beck, Tristan Glatard, Bert Vincent, Lindsay Lewis, Najma Mahani, Elodie Portales-Casamar, Alden Woodward, Sylvain Milot, Jean Francois Malouin, Sylvain Baillet, Daniel Kroetz, Martin Weiss, Mathieu Desrosier, Jason Karamchandani, Amit Bar-Or, Ted Fon, John Brietner, Derek Lo, Patrick Bermudez, Chris Steele, Pamela Patterson and one of my favourites: Pierre Bellec! LORIS team on left |