Hi Andreas, it is not the same method but somewhat related. The method 
assures that total area (or volume) is preserved when mapping between 
subjects. How much detail do you need?
doug




On 06/04/2013 05:21 AM, Andreas Berger wrote:
> Hello FreeSurfers,
>
> after reading this [1] paper about measuring surface area, i realized i don't
> know what the default way of measuring surface area is in FreeSurfer. Is it
> similar to what's described in the paper? Could you point me to the right
> documentation or publication?
> Forgive me if i've overlooked it, i found something for thickness, but not for
> area. To clarify, i don't mean parcellation-based areas, i mean the measure
> that i find in /surf/hemi.area.
>
>
> thanks,
> regards,
> Andreas
>
>
> [1] Measuring and comparing brain cortical surface area and other areal
> quantities. Winkler AM, Sabuncu MR, Yeo BT, Fischl B, Greve DN, Kochunov P,
> Nichols TE, Blangero J, Glahn DC (2012). Neuroimage 61(4):1428-43
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