#SERIAL PROCESSING BRAIN SERIAL#

The dual imaging capability of the system allowed to reveal different contrast information: OCT imaging reveals changes in refractive indices giving contrast between white and grey matter in the mouse brain, while transcardial perfusion of FITC or pre-sacrifice injection of Evans Blue shows microsvasculature properties in the brain with confocal imaging. This design is being used to investigate correlations between white matter and microvasculature changes with aging and with increase in pulse pressure following transaortic constriction in mice. What format of data representation (alphanumeric, graphics, LISPlike. An unfortunate legacy of the brain-computer metaphor is the tendency for cognitive psychologists to. Parallel (many processors handle different parts of the data at the same time.) 2. Difference 3: The brain is a massively parallel machine computers are modular and serial.

#SERIAL PROCESSING BRAIN SERIAL#

Raw data is then post-processed to re-stitch each individual acquisition and obtain a reconstructed volume of the imaged tissue. How is a computational problem divided up among processors Serial (one processor handles one part of the data, then another part, etc.). This process is repeated automatically, until the entire sample is imaged. Two linear stages allow moving the tissue with respect to the microscope objective, acquiring a 2D grid of volumes (1x1x0.3 mm) with OCT and a 2D grid of images (1x1mm) with the confocal arm. Serial imaging of organs embedded in agarose blocks is performed by cutting through tissue using a vibratome which sequentially cuts slices in order to reveal new tissue to image, overcoming limited light penetration encountered in microscopy. A combined serial OCT/confocal scanner was designed to image large sections of biological tissues at microscopic resolution.

Serial processing brain