How to use – Part 1: Atlases of the Human Brain in the Head

Serial macroscopic sections of MR-scanned human heads

Three sections of the Human Brain:
Coronal Sections (-20° angulation)
Horizontal Sections
Sagittal Sections


Features:


  1. Surface anatomy of the brain (with topometric grid)
  2. Placement of all sections indicated
  3. The 1 cm slices are cut at regular intervals in all planes of sectioning.
  4. Both sides of every section are shown.
  5. All sections are accompanied by a radiograph from the same head and
  6. MR-images from a healthy volunteer showing the same plane of section.
  7. Vascular territories in the brain are indicated.


 
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Presentation of the images for each of the three Atlases of the Brain in the Head

Following are surface views of the brains showing their gross morphology together with the delineation of the main gyri.
The main part represents the complete head, and as a schematic drawing the separate brain slices. On the odd-numbered pages there is a radiogram of the 1-cm slice (bottom left) and two MRI of a corresponding location from a living person.

All colors used for surface anatomy (e.g. gyri) and on the cross sections are consistent throughout the entire book. The color-coding is also used for the hierarchical tree (pp. 256 – 262 of the atlas). All colors used for surface anatomy (e.g. gyri) and on the cross sections are consistent throughout the entire book. The color-coding is also used for the hierarchical tree
(pp. 256 – 262 of the atlas).
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The photographs of the 1-cm thick slices and the corresponding drawings are arranged on the pages in the following way: the odd-numbered page features a photo of one side of the slice, whereas the facing even-numbered page features the other side of the same slice, so that an open book page displays the opposing surfaces of the slices as if separated by the knife. The photographs of the 1-cm thick slices and the corresponding drawings are arranged on the pages in the following way: the odd-numbered page features a photo of one side of the slice, whereas the facing even-numbered page features the other side of the same slice, so that an open book page displays the opposing surfaces of the slices as if separated by the knife. More