Re-use of a multi-purpose knowledge corpus on cortex anatomy for educational purposes

This work aims at producing a software package to be used during "hands on" sessions about anatomy, focusing on gross brain cortex anatomy. Emphasis is put on the 3D shape and topology of the cortex anatomical structures, described both using numeric data (derived from MRI images) and symbolic data ("part-whole", topological realtions). "Spatial" and "semantic" synchronisation are provided to connect the numeric and symbolic knowledge. The knowledge corpus includes both 3D data showing the sulci, the gyri and the 3D MRI data, and a general purpose symbolic knowledge base of brain cortex anatomical features. Implementation is achieved using web technologies.