This study was performed based on a public rhesus macaque neurodevelopment data set with 32 (
Macaca mulatta) [1 (
link)], in which each monkey has 4 to 5 longitudinal MRI scans during early postnatal stages, by using a GE
MR 750 3.0T scanner. The number of subjects at each age is shown in
Fig. 2. T1-weighted (T1w) MR images were acquired using parameters:
TI/TR/T E = 450
/8.684
/3.652
ms, FOV=140
×140
mm, flip angle = 12, acquisition matrix= 256
× 256, and voxel size= 0.55
× 0.55
× 0.8
mm3. T2-weighted (T2w) MR images were acquired using parameters:
T R/T E = 2500
/87
ms, flip angle = 90, acquisition matrix= 256
× 256, and voxel size = 0.6
× 0.6
× 0.6
mm3.
All T2w MR images were rigidly aligned onto the corresponding T1w MR images, and all images were resampled to 0.55
× 0.55
× 0.55
mm3. To handle the low tissue contrast problem appeared in early stage postnatal MRI scans, we applied our in-house developed tools for infant brain tissue segmentation and cortical surface reconstruction [5 (
link), 6 (
link), 7 (
link)]. At each vertex on the reconstructed cortical surfaces, the cortical morphological features (e.g., cortical thickness, sulcal depth, average convexity and curvature) were computed. All cortical surfaces were then mapped onto a standard sphere to facilitate further atlas construction and analysis.
Wang F., Lian C., Xia J., Wu Z., Duan D., Wang L., Shen D, & Li G. (2018). CONSTRUCTION OF SPATIOTEMPORAL INFANT CORTICAL SURFACE ATLAS OF RHESUS MACAQUE. Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 2018, 704-707.