Many thanks for that. Am I correct in thinking that the Gauss_Bonnet scheme
is given by the "--discrete" option in mris_curvature_stats, while the
latter option is given by the "--continuous" flag?

L


On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Bruce Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>wrote:

> Hi Lisa,
>
> we actually provide a discrete estimate using Gauss-Bonnet (Rudolph can
> give you the details), and a slightly larger-scale estimate by fitting a
> quadratic patch to each neighborhood (5mm on a side I think). The curvature
> then comes from the Hessian of the height function of that patch.
>
> cheers,
> Bruce
>
>
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Lisa Ronan wrote:
>
>  Hi All
>>
>> I wonder could you tell me how Gaussian curvature values are computed at a
>> vertex, i.e. Gauss_Bonnet scheme? Is there any way to vary the
>> neighborhood
>> over which the vertex curvature values are computed?
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Lisa Ronan
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - -
>> Research Associate
>> Brain Mapping Unit
>> Sir William Hardy Building
>> Department of Psychiatry
>> University of Cambridge
>>
>>
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