The atlas includes: 1) A brain template derived from in-vivo, T1-weighted imaging at 1 mm isotropic resolution at 3 Tesla (with and without the soft tissues of the head) 2) A co-registered, high-resolution (0.33 mm isotropic) template created from imaging of ex-vivo brains at 7 Tesla 3) A surface representation of the gray matter/white matter boundary of the high-resolution atlas (including labeling of gyral and sulcal features). Here we present a canine brain atlas derived as the diffeomorphic average of a population of fifteen mesaticephalic dogs. Such efforts can be enhanced by a population atlas of canine brain anatomy to implement group analyses. In the last few years, anatomical and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of awake and anesthetized dogs have been reported. There is a long history and a growing interest in the canine as a subject of study in neuroscience research and in translational neurology.
