Human Brain Anatomy in Computerized Images

Hanna Damasio, M.D., is Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, where she also directs the Laboratory for Human Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, and is Adjunct Professor at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. She is the internationally recognized author of numerous neuropsychological studies, and the developer of several new techniques for the investigation of normal and pathological anatomy using CT, MR, and PET. Her previous book Lesion Analysis in Neuropsychology, also published by Oxford, was distinguished by the 1989 award for "most outstanding book in Bio- and Medical Sciences" from the Association of American Publishers. In 1992 she and her husband, Antonio R. Damasio, shared the Pessoa Prize, the highest distinction for intellectual achievement from their native Portugal.

1.: Introduction. 2.: Exterior description of a normal brain (Brain A). 3.: Exterior description of a second brain (Brain B). 4.: An alphabet of normal brains. 5.: Sections through Brain A. 6.: Sections through Brain B. 7.: Application to lesion studies