I have been exploring our “Brain’s Atlas” introduced in my
recent post and discovered an extraordinary resource: the
Relationship Viewer. A snapshot is shown to the right, appearing
as a spiraling multi-colored pin wheel. This interactive viewer
developed by the research group of Dr. Arthur W. Toga at the
David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
(LONI) invites the user to explore: Relationships in 2D brain,
3D brain and circular lines As you explore the connections, the
color scheme is: Warmer colors mean stronger connections and
cooler colors mean weaker connections. Press the empty space in
the middle of the circle to show all of the connections again
after selecting a region of interest. How did they create this
stunning interactive graphic? According to the LONI website: The
LONI Probabilistic Brain Atlas (LPBA40) is a series of maps of
brain anatomic regions. These maps were produced from a set of
whole-head MRI of 40 human volunteers. Each MRI was manually
delineated to identify