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Automated Anatomical Labeling of Activations in SPM Using a Macroscopic Anatomical Parcellation of the MNI MRI Single-Subject Brain
Nathalie Tzourio‐Mazoyer, Brigitte Landeau, Dimitri Papathanassiou, Fabrice Crivello, Olivier Etard, Nicolas Delcroix, Bernard M. Mazoyer, Marc Joliot. NeuroImage, 2002
Topic: Brain proteins, microglia and lab models
This study performed an anatomical parcellation of the MNI spatially normalized single-subject high-resolution T1 volume by delineating main sulci as landmarks to define 45 anatomical volumes of interest (AVOI) in each hemisphere. Using this parcellation, the authors developed three procedures for automated anatomical labeling of functional studies. An interface was created for the Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) package and made available as freeware to the neuroimaging community.
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Tzourio‐Mazoyer, N., Landeau, B., Papathanassiou, D., Crivello, F., Etard, O., Delcroix, N., et al. (2002). Automated Anatomical Labeling of Activations in SPM Using a Macroscopic Anatomical Parcellation of the MNI MRI Single-Subject Brain. NeuroImage. https://doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2001.0978
Vancouver
Tzourio‐Mazoyer N, Landeau B, Papathanassiou D, Crivello F, Etard O, Delcroix N, et al. Automated Anatomical Labeling of Activations in SPM Using a Macroscopic Anatomical Parcellation of the MNI MRI Single-Subject Brain. NeuroImage. 2002. doi:10.1006/nimg.2001.0978. PMID: 11771995.
BibTeX
@article{tzouriomazoyer2002-11771995,
author = {Tzourio‐Mazoyer, Nathalie and Landeau, Brigitte and Papathanassiou, Dimitri and Crivello, Fabrice and Etard, Olivier and Delcroix, Nicolas and Mazoyer, Bernard M. and Joliot, Marc},
title = {{Automated Anatomical Labeling of Activations in SPM Using a Macroscopic Anatomical Parcellation of the MNI MRI Single-Subject Brain}},
journal = {NeuroImage},
year = {2002},
doi = {10.1006/nimg.2001.0978},
pmid = {11771995},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2001.0978}
}
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Key findings
- Using this parcellation method, three procedures to perform the automated anatomical labeling of functional studies are proposed: (1) labeling of an extremum defined by a set of coordinates, (2) percentage of voxels belonging to each of the AVOI intersected by a sphere centered by a set of coordinates, and (3) percentage of voxels belonging to each of the AVOI intersected by an activated cluster.
- An interface with the Statistical Parametric Mapping package (SPM, J. Ashburner and K. J. Friston, 1999, Hum. Brain Mapp. 7, 254-266) is provided as a freeware to researchers of the neuroimaging community.
- We believe that this tool is an improvement for the macroscopical labeling of activated area compared to labeling assessed using the Talairach atlas brain in which deformations are well known.
- However, this tool does not alleviate the need for more sophisticated labeling strategies based on anatomical or cytoarchitectonic probabilistic maps.
Why it matters
Describes a method for automatically labeling brain areas in SPM brain imaging analyses, based on an anatomical map of a single MRI brain.
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How this study scored 57/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on strength of evidence, so that was left out: it earned 54 of the 95 points we could judge it on, which is 57 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (NeuroImage) |
| Journal's citation record | 4 / 4 | NeuroImage: journal h-index 523 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | — / 5 | No evidence rating recorded — left out of this score |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2002 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 7 / 7 | Cited 16,428 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 5 / 5 | 631.8 citations a year over 26 year(s) since 2002 |
| Impact for its field and year | 5 / 6 | Cited 27.3× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 4 / 4 | Cited 2,448 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Marc Joliot: h-index 45 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 3 / 3 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: institution h-index 2,511 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 2 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 7 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 11771995) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Points | 54 / 95 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 54 of the 95 points we could judge it on is 57 out of 100. |
| Total | 57 / 100 | — |
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- DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2001.0978
- PubMed: 11771995
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