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Enum: BrainCoverage

Extent of the brain contained in an acquired volume. Two values, because the useful question downstream is binary -- could a focus have been reported from anywhere in the brain, or not -- and the structures a partial volume missed vary too much to enumerate.

URI: neurostudy_ex:BrainCoverage

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
whole_brain None The acquisition covered the whole brain or whole head
partial None The field of view or slice prescription left part of the brain outside the ac...

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Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://neurostuff.org/schemas/neuroimaging-study-extraction

LinkML Source

name: BrainCoverage
description: Extent of the brain contained in an acquired volume. Two values, because
  the useful question downstream is binary -- could a focus have been reported from
  anywhere in the brain, or not -- and the structures a partial volume missed vary
  too much to enumerate.
from_schema: https://neurostuff.org/schemas/neuroimaging-study-extraction
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  whole_brain:
    text: whole_brain
    description: The acquisition covered the whole brain or whole head.
  partial:
    text: partial
    description: The field of view or slice prescription left part of the brain outside
      the acquired volume -- a clipped cerebellum or vertex, or a deliberately limited
      slab.