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Table 2 Anatomical representations within the anatomical atlas

From: Representation of anatomy in online atlases and databases: a survey and collection of patterns for interface design

 

Types of graphicsa

Controlled vocabulary or ontology for anatomy

C. elegans

WormAtlas

• TEMs

• illustrations

• DIC micrographs

• fluorescence micrographs

• confocal micrographs (as movies of volumes)

• various movies, including 3D reconstructions from ssTEMs

not stated

OpenWorm Browser

(Virtual Worm)

• 3D surface models

not stated

Ciona intestinalis

ANISEED (“Anatomy” section)

• illustrations

Ciona Developmental Ontology

FABA

• confocal micrographs (as virtual sections and volumes)

• brightfield movies

not statedb

Drosophila

Flygut

• schematic illustrations

• fluorescence micrographs

• 3D surface models

not stated

Virtual Fly Brain

• confocal micrographs (as virtual sections)

• 3D surface models of neurons

Drosophila Anatomy Ontologyc

Medaka

Medaka Blood Vessel Atlas

• illustrations

• confocal microangiographs

not stated

Mouse

Allen Developing Mouse Brain Reference Atlas

• histological sections with illustration overlays

Developing Mouse Brain Atlas ontology

e-Mouse Atlas

• 3D reconstructions of histological sections (as virtual sections and volumes)

• histological sections

• OPT scans (as volumes)

• illustrations of stages

EMAP anatomy ontology

Zebrafish

FishFace

• confocal micrographs (as projections)

• OPT scans (as volumes)

Zebrafish Anatomy Ontology and [67]

FishNet

• OPT scans (as virtual sections and volumes)

not stated

Interactive Atlas of Zebrafish Vascular Anatomy

• illustrations

• confocal microangiographs (as projections and volumes)

reference list on website

ZFAP

• OPT scans (as virtual sections and volumes)

Zebrafish Anatomy Ontology

Zebrafish Atlas

• histological sections

term list on website

  1. a Abbreviations: DIC differential inference contrast, TEM transmission electron micrograph, ssTEM serial section transmission electron micrograph, OPT optical projection tomography
  2. b The FABA established the developmental stages used in the Ciona Developmental Ontology
  3. c The vocabulary from the Insect Brain Name Working Group [68] was incorporated into the Drosophila Anatomy Ontology as part of the development of the Virtual Fly Brain atlas