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Human Brain Atlases in Education, Research and Clinical Applications

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This paper overviews human brain atlases and addresses their use in neuroscience education, research, and clinical applications. It focuses on the electronic anatomical, functional, and vascular brain atlases as well as atlas-assisted applications being developed in our Biomedical Imaging Lab for over more than one decade.

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  1. Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, 2217-20 Hayashi, Takamatsu, 761-0396, Japan

    Jing Long Wu Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Complex Systems Analysis, Adaptive & Learning Systems, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan

    Koji Ito Dr.Eng. (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Shozo Tobimatsu M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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    Toyoaki Nishida Dr.Eng. (Professor) (Professor)

  5. Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan

    Hidenao Fukuyama M.D., Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

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Nowinski, W.L. (2007). Human Brain Atlases in Education, Research and Clinical Applications. In: Wu, J.L., Ito, K., Tobimatsu, S., Nishida, T., Fukuyama, H. (eds) Complex Medical Engineering. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-30962-8_29

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