The Scalable Brain Atlas: instant web-based access to public brain atlases and related content

Bakker, Rembrandt; Kötter, Rolf; Tiesinga, Paul

Preprint/Internal Report

FZJ-2015-00829

The Scalable Brain Atlas: instant web-based access to public brain atlases and related content

Bakker, R. (Corresponding Author)FZJ* ; Tiesinga, P. ; Kötter, R.

2014

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Report No.: arXiv:1312.6310

Abstract: The Scalable Brain Atlas (SBA) is a collection of web services that provide unified access to a large collection of brain atlas templates for different species. Its main component is an atlas viewer that displays brain atlas data as a stack of slices in which stereotaxic coordinates and brain regions can be selected. These are subsequently used to launch web queries to resources that require coordinates or region names as input. It supports plugins which run inside the viewer and respond when a new slice, coordinate or region is selected. It contains 20 atlas templates in six species, and plugins to compute coordinate transformations, display anatomical connectivity and fiducial points, and retrieve properties, descriptions, definitions and 3d reconstructions of brain regions. The ambition of SBA is to provide a unified representation of all publicly available brain atlases directly in the web browser, while remaining a responsive and light weight resource that specializes in atlas comparisons, searches, coordinate transformations and interactive displays.

Note: Rolf Kötter sadly passed away on June 9th, 2010. He co-initiated this project and played a crucial role in the design and quality assurance of the Scalable Brain Atlas

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