A Method and Apparatus for Transforming Physical Measurement Data of a Biological Organ

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the spatial path has a first portion through a first region of the organ, and a second portion through a second region of the organ, wherein the first and second portions of the spatial path are symmetric.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising:

• identifying a sub-volume of the three-dimensional (3D) volume corresponding to a given element in the hierarchical structure of the biological organ;
• and
• mapping the physical measurement data within the sub-volume to a corresponding location in the 2D representation according to (i) the level in which the given element is located in the hierarchical structure, and (ii) the location of the given element along said spatial path.

The method of any preceding claim wherein the identifying and mapping is performed for each element in the hierarchical structure.

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the first axis is scaled in accordance with the hierarchical structure, such that a given branch of the hierarchical structure has a consistent size across all levels.

The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein the two-dimensional representation is based on a polar coordinate system, wherein the first axis corresponds to the angular coordinate and the second axis corresponds to the radial coordinate.

The method of any the preceding claim, wherein all elements correspond to a respective sub-volume of the three-dimensional (3D) volume, and the method further comprising averaging the physical measurement data for an element over the respective sub-volume for that element.

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the physical measurement data corresponding to a particular element of the hierarchical structure is represented by a colour according to the value of the physical measurement data for that element.

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the physical measurement data corresponding to a particular element of the hierarchical structure is represented by a sizing of a display element along the second axis, within one level of the hierarchy.

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the 2D representation preserves a symmetry of the biological organ.

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the biological organ is the brain.

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the physical measurement data comprises data acquired from an imaging system or other measurement system, or is derived from such data.

A computer readable media comprising instructions that, when executed on a computer, perform the method of any preceding claim.

A method or apparatus substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.