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CARET (Computerized Anatomical Reconstruction Toolkit) is a software application for the structural and functional analysis of the cerebral and cerebellar cortex. CARET is developed in the Van Essen Laboratory in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the
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. CARET is a free, open-source application distributed in both binary and source formats under the
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. Image:Caret_software_image_of.jpg, Image of CARET main window with functional and foci data on surface


CARET's capabilities

* Analysis of group anatomical differences using sulcal depth morphometry. * Display of activation foci. * Generation of flat, inflated, spherical surfaces. * Mapping of
fMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow. This technique relies on the fact that cerebral blood flow and neuronal activation are coupled. When an area o ...
volumes onto surfaces. * Surface reconstruction from anatomical
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio waves ...
volumes using the SureFit algorithm. * Surface reconstruction from contours. * Surface-based registration. * Visualization of contours, surfaces, and volumes.


Related Software


SuMS Database and WebCaret
provided on-line storage of surface and volume-based data along with web-based visualization of the data.


See also

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AFNI Analysis of Functional NeuroImages (AFNI) is an open-source environment for processing and displaying functional MRI data—a technique for mapping human brain activity. AFNI is an agglomeration of programs that can be used interactively or fl ...
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FMRIB Software Library The FMRIB Software Library, abbreviated FSL, is a software library containing image analysis and statistical tools for functional, structural and diffusion MRI brain imaging data. FSL is available as both precompiled binaries and source code ...
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FreeSurfer FreeSurfer is a brain imaging software package originally developed by Bruce Fischl, Anders Dale, Martin Sereno, and Doug Greve. Development and maintenance of FreeSurfer is now the primary responsibility of the Laboratory for Computational Neu ...
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Neuroimaging Neuroimaging is the use of quantitative (computational) techniques to study the structure and function of the central nervous system, developed as an objective way of scientifically studying the healthy human brain in a non-invasive manner. Incre ...
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Neuroinformatics Neuroinformatics is the field that combines informatics and neuroscience. Neuroinformatics is related with neuroscience data and information processing by artificial neural networks. There are three main directions where neuroinformatics has to be ...


References

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, title = Databasing the Brain: From Data to Knowledge, (Neuroinformatics) , date = 10 March 2005 , publisher =
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, isbn = 0-471-30921-4


External links


CARET Home Page
Computational neuroscience Medical imaging Neuroimaging software Washington University in St. Louis