If you're referring to VERTEX-WISE analyses of area and volume, there are "issues" with the interpretability of those measures.
Don Hagler has posted on this several times. For example, most recently see: http://www.mail-archive.com/freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/msg15205.html cheers, -MH On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 18:44 +0800, Jay Ives wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering what is going on "under the hood" when one makes a > choice under the Design tab in the Measure (Dependant Variable) box > for Measure. For example if one chooses "Volume" instead of Thickness, > what exactly is being used as volume? Where does the information on > volume come from? I am hoping the answer will be the volume associated > with each vertex, but where is this information? > > Thanks....J > > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine > at > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in > error > but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and > properly > dispose of the e-mail. _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer