Novel Methods for the Visualization and Analysis of Functional Maps in Cortex

V Contents OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................IV CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................. V LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................................IX LIST OF EQUATIONS...............................................................................................................XI LIST OF TABLES....................................................................................................................XIII GLOSSARY ..............................................................................................................................XIV ANATOMICAL TERMS ............................................................................................................................................XIV OTHER TERMS........................................................................................................................................................XV LIST OF SYMBOLS..................................................................................................................................................XVI ABSTRACT............................................................................................................................. XVII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................XVIII 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 PURPOSE .......................................................................................................................................................2 1.3 SCOPE ...........................................................................................................................................................2 1.4 SOFTWARE ....................................................................................................................................................3 1.5 HARDWARE...................................................................................................................................................4 2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY ....................................................................................... 5 2.1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................................5 2.2 CELL, BRAIN, AND CEREBRAL CORTEX ........................................................................................................5 2.3 VISUAL SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................................7 3 FLAT MAPS ......................................................................................................................... 12 3.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................12 3.2 TERMS ........................................................................................................................................................13 3.2.1 Inplanes, Scans, Sessions, Studies .........................................................................................................13 3.2.2 Magnetic Susceptibility..........................................................................................................................13 3.3 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) ....................................................................................................13 3.4 FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING..........................................................................................14