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AConceptualCorticalSurfaceAtlas DharmendraS.Modha* IBMAlmadenResearchCenter,SanJose,California,UnitedStatesofAmerica Abstract Volumetric, slice-based, 3-D atlases are invaluable tools for understanding complex cortical convolutions. We present a simpleschemetoconvertaslice-basedatlastoaconceptualsurfaceatlasthatiseasiertovisualizeandunderstand.Thekey idea is to unfold each slice into a one-dimensional vector, and concatenate a succession of these vectors – while maintainingasmuchspatialcontiguityaspossible–intoa2-Dmatrix.Weillustrateourmethodologyusingacoronalslice- basedatlasoftheRhesusMonkeycortex.Theconceptualsurface-basedatlasesprovideausefulcomplementtoslice-based atlasesforthepurposesofindexingandbrowsing. Citation:ModhaDS(2009)AConceptualCorticalSurfaceAtlas.PLoSONE4(6):e5693.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005693 Editor:JeffreyKrichmar,UniversityofCaliforniaIrvine,UnitedStatesofAmerica ReceivedJanuary15,2009;AcceptedApril19,2009;PublishedJune2,2009 Copyright:?2009Modha.Thisisanopen-accessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricted use,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalauthorandsourcearecredited. Funding:TheresearchreportedinthispaperwassponsoredbyDefenseAdvancedResearchProjectsAgency,DefenseSciencesOffice(DSO),Program:Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE), Issued by DARPA CMO under Contract No.HR0011-09-C-0002. The views and conclusions containedinthisdocumentarethoseoftheauthorandshouldnotbeinterpretedasrepresentingtheofficialpolicies,eitherexpresslyorimplied,oftheDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency or the U.S. Government. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparationofthemanuscript. CompetingInterests:TheauthorisemployedwithIBM.TheauthorservesasthePrincipalInvestigatorforaresearchprojectfundedbyDefenseAdvanced ResearchProjectsAgency,DefenseSciencesOffice(DSO),Program:SystemsofNeuromorph