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 > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > -- Douglas N. Greve, Ph.D. MGH-NMR Center gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Phone Number: 617-724-2358 Fax: 617-726-7422 Bugs: surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/BugReporting FileDrop: https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/filedrop2 www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/facility/filedrop/index.html Outgoing: ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/transfer/outgoing/flat/greve/ _______________________________________________ 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.