Hi BOBO,

There are 2 popular atlases the Talairach (which was developed from a single female brain) and the MNI (which has been developed on an average of several adult brains). MNI coordinates is basically co-ordinates of the MNI space and extremely popular and well-used in the neuroimaging modality.

Here are couple of useful links:

http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ServicesAtlases/ICBM152NLin2009

http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/MniTalairach

Manish Dalwani Instructor Dept. of Psychiatry University of CO

________________________________________ From: freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu [freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of bowang21@mail.ustc.edu.cn [bowang21@mail.ustc.edu.cn] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:40 PM To: freesurfer Subject: [Freesurfer] What is MNI coordinates

Dear FreeSurfer experts Recently,I am learning FreeSurfer and I see a word 'MNI coordinates'.What is MNI coordinates?Can you give me some essays about it? thanks very much BOBO

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