Why standard MNI space?
The MNI – ICBM152 space (as we use it)
- is the fastest procedure for interpretation of brain scans normalized to MNI space
- provides good anatomical consistence between individual and average brain anatomy
- has evolved as the golden standard for intersubject averaging of different brains
- has been adopted by the International Consortium for Brain Mapping as standard template in SPM99 and later
- allows the most accurate assessment of functional activations to brain morphology
- is used in scientific publications and clinical routine


