Table 1.
Comparison of rat brain templates currently available in the literature (OB Olfactory Bulb, HB HindBrain).
| Name | Modality | Magnetic field intensity | Anatomical contrast | Spatial resolution of acquired images | Acquisition type | Number of animals | Rat strain | Template | Atlas | GM, WM and CSF priors | Brain coverage | MR image format | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waxholm | Anatomy/Diffusion | 7 Tesla | T2* (GRE) | 39 × 39 × 39 µm3 | Ex vivo | 1 | Sprague-Dawley | Yes | Yes | No | Full | NIFTI | Papp et al.18, Kjonigsen et al.19 |
| Tohoku | Anatomy | 7 Tesla | T2 (RARE) | 125 × 125 × 300 µm3 | In vivo | 30 | Wistar | Yes | Yes | Yes | OB missing | NIFTI | Valdes-Hernandez et al.20 |
| Schwarz (DPABI) | Anatomy | 4.7 Tesla | T2 (RARE) | 150 × 150 × 100 µm3 | In vivo | 97 | Sprague-Dawley | Yes | Yes | Yes | OB missing | NIFTI | Schwarz et al.21 |
| Ratat1 | Anatomy | 14.1 Tesla | T2 (SEMS) | 50 × 50 × 200 µm3 | Ex vivo | 9 | Long-Evans | Yes | Yes | No | Full | No (JPEG, PDF) | Wisner et al.22 |
| Karolinska | Anatomy | 4.7 Tesla | T2 (RARE) | 110 × 110 × 50 µm3 | In vivo | 5 | Sprague-Dawley | Yes | No | No | OB and HB missing | NIFTI | Schweinhardt et al. (2003)48 |
| Figini | Anatomy | 7 Tesla | T2 (SEMS) | 170 × 170 × 580 µm3 | In vivo | 10 | Sprague-Dawley | No | Yes | No | OB and HB missing | NIFTI | Figini et al. (2015)49 |
| Paxinos & Watson | Anatomy/Diffusion | 7 Tesla | T2* (GRE) | 25 × 25 × 50 µm3 | Ex vivo | 5 | Wistar | Yes | Yes | No | Full | No (JPEG, TIF, PDF) | Johnson et al.23 |
| Development Atlas | Anatomy/Diffusion | 7 Tesla | T2* (GRE) | 25 × 25 × 50 µm3 | Ex vivo | 45 | Wistar | Yes | Yes | No | Full | No (PDF) | Calabrese et al.24 |