Three-dimensional reconstruction of magnetic resonance images of carp brain for brain control technology

Abstract

Background: In the field of animal robot control, brain control technology is currently used to achieve control. It is usually necessary to accurately implant brain electrodes into the animal's brain movement area with the help of a brain stereotaxic apparatus, and apply electrical stimulation to achieve control of the animal. The prerequisite for accurate electrode implantation is to study the internal tissues of the carp skull.

New method: With the help of 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrument and 8_CH MRI scanning coil, carp brain magnetic resonance images was obtained. The visualization tool package VTK and the marching cube algorithm were used for surface rendering, the ray casting algorithm was used for volume rendering and reconstruction.

Results: The three-dimensional reconstruction results could show the carp skull surface contour and internal tissue details, and the measured coordinates after three-dimensional reconstruction of magnetic resonance images could be transformed into three-dimensional positioning coordinates suitable for brain stereotaxic apparatus.

Comparison with existing methods: The three-dimensional reconstruction images based on magnetic resonance could analyze the relative spatial position relationship between the surface structure of the carp's brain and the internal tissue at any angle, and the three-dimensional positioning coordinates of the brain could be obtained quickly and accurately.

Conclusions: The visualization of carp brain magnetic resonance images based on marching cubes algorithm and ray projection algorithm could obtain ideal reconstruction effects, which could be used in the brain control technology of carp robot.

Keywords: Brain control technology; Brain stereotaxic apparatus; Carp brain MRI; Surface rendering; Three-dimensional coordinate transformation; Volume rendering.