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Atlases Breakout Session

June 26th, 3-4pm

Location: [[Meeting_Locations:MIT_Grier_A_%26B|Grier Rooms A & B: 34-401A & 34-401B]]


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Attendees:
*Gary Christensen
*Wendy Plesniak
*Brad Davis
*Florin Talos
*Michael Halle

Agenda:
Discuss among the group what topics below of are interest to discuss, and prioritize.

* Define Slicer software infrastructure and conventions for atlases
** Accommodating volumetric and surface based atlases
** Providing unique identifiers per structure within any atlas
** Providing mapping from fiducials/landmarks to unique identifiers
** Providing a mapping from structure to unique identifier to appearance attributes such as color
** Providing ability to visually represent related groups of structures (''e.g.'' structures that comprise a single structural or functional system, superstructure, or designated region)
** Incorporating existing systems of nomenclature and ontologies: (NeuroNames, FMA, BirnLex...)
** Schemes for mapping local identifiers to names/IDs in official ontologies, (and common synonyms?)
** Developing and representing both structural and functional relationships
** How to perform cross-atlas indexing, combine atlas information?
** Can/Should there eventually be a 'how-to create a slicer atlas' document?
* Slicer-based tools that work the same for all atlases
** mapping atlases to individuals (for overlaying experimental data or individual image data)
** interactive tools for displaying labels in various nomenclatures on mouseover
** interactive tools to do both point-based and region-based indexing (useful for brain?)
** interactive tools to display and navigate hierarchical relationships between structures, superstructures and substructures
** compatibility with web-based tools for making queries in anatomical context
** other useful interactive tools?
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