Determination and anatomical mapping of thalamic stroke regions to anatomical atlas

Abstract

Stroke is one of the most significant public health problems. It is the third cause of mortality cause and first cause of paralysis in developed societies. Diagnosis of stroke is determined using clinical symptoms and several imaging modalities. Magnetic Resonance Imaging is one of these methods. Images obtained with these modalities are used by the physician on a routine clinical investigation. However, in some cases, the boundaries of the stroke tissue should be selected and mapped to the anatomical regions in the atlas. In this study, a graphical user interface is developed in order to identify and map the stroke regions to the digital anatomical atlas on registered and normalized MR images by SPM5. By using this interface, it is aimed to investigate the MR images of the stroke patients and perform specific therapy planning for different groups.