Generic human dorsal root ganglion scaffold

Study Purpose: The goal of this work is to create an annotated generic human dorsal root ganglion scaffold for the registration of data obtained by experimental groups.

Data Collection: An anatomically-based 3D scaffold of the human dorsal root ganglion is created to map nerve pathways. The dorsal root ganglion scaffold is generated with a configurable central path defined from the spinal nerve to both the ventral and dorsal roots of the spinal cord. A user can annotate the spinal nerve ending, as well as both the dorsal and ventral roots along the central path and use that to define the respective regions of the ganglion. The human dorsal root ganglion scaffold is parameterized with data to represent the anatomy as accurate as possible.

Primary Conclusion: None stated

Curator’s Notes

Experimental Design: Not applicable.

Completeness: The study is ongoing and potentially will link to other datasets where the data is used for mapping onto the scaffold.

Subjects & Samples: The generic scaffold is not subject/sample specific but represents an average dorsal root ganglion.

Primary vs derivative data: The primary folder contains the mapping tool provenance data file describing the software environment in place when this dataset was created. The primary folder also contains the settings files which in conjunction with the software information in the provenance file, will reproduce the output files stored in the derivative folder. The derivative folder contains JSON files that are used to generate a webGL visualization of the scaffold on the SPARC portal, as well as the VTK and STL formats of the scaffold.

Code Availability: Scaffold Mapping Tools