Nowak MR, Lee J, Choe Y. A Queryable Graph Representation of Vascular Connectivity in the Whole Mouse Brain.
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2019;
2019:256-260. [PMID:
31945890 DOI:
10.1109/embc.2019.8857961]
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Abstract
We construct a graph representation for the topology and geometry of the vasculature presenting across the whole mouse brain (dataset: Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope Brain Atlas India Ink). We use our graph representation to calculate preliminary estimates of the average radius as 4:8 μm, total vascular volume as 1:1000 mm3, total vascular surface area as 6:5511 cm2, and total vascular length of 2866:6567 cm. We then isolate a posterior cerebral region, derive its graph representation, and then import that representation to a Neo4j graph database. We then detail how researchers can query this database online to isolate specific vascular networks for further analysis and reconstruction.
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