With the aging population, prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is increasing, thus
placing a growing burden on individuals and the whole society. However, individual rates of …

Purpose To evaluate low budget 3D printing technology to create MRI compatible
components. Material and methods A 3D printer is used to create customized MRI …

Accurate removal of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal outside the brain, aka, skull
stripping, is a key step in the brain image pre-processing pipelines. In rodents, this is mostly …

Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging studies have shown that intense learning can be
associated with grey matter volume increases in the adult brain. The underlying …

High-resolution anatomical image data in preclinical brain PET and SPECT studies is often
not available, and inter-modality spatial normalization to an MRI brain template is frequently …

Skull stripping is a crucial preprocessing step in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where
experts manually create brain masks. This labor-intensive process heavily relies on the …

Brain extraction is a critical pre-processing step in brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
analytical pipelines. In rodents, this is often achieved by manually editing brain masks slice …

Background Assignment of anatomical reference is a key step in integration of the rapidly
expanding collection of rodent brain data. Landmark-based registration facilitates spatial …

The effects of physical exercise on brain morphology in rodents have been well documented
in histological studies. However, to further understand when and where morphological …

Healthy human aging has been associated with brain atrophy in prefrontal and selective
temporal regions, but reductions in other brain areas have been observed. We previously …