correct, unfortunately, the "White" label is hard coded into the program.

On 09/14/2014 02:24 AM, will brown wrote:
> Thanks Doug,
>
> Just to double check I understand you correctly, where the output says 
> "# Measure Cortex, WhiteSurfArea, White Surface Total Area" this is 
> now the surface area of the pial surface even though it is labeled White?
>
> Cheers,
> Will
>
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Douglas N Greve 
> <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>     You can run something like
>
>     cd $SUBJECTS_DIR/subject
>
>      mris_anatomical_stats -mgz -cortex label/lh.cortex.label -f
>     stats/lh.aparc.pial.stats -b -a label/lh.aparc.annot -c
>     label/aparc.annot.ctab subject lh pial
>
>     The "Measure Cortex" fields in the output
>     stats/lh.aparc.pial.stats will be measures of the pial surface as
>     will the SurfArea, MeanCurv, GausCurv, FoldInd, and CurvInd fields
>     for each ROI (thickness and number of vertices will stay the same)
>
>     doug
>
>     On 09/11/2014 07:29 PM, will brown wrote:
>
>         Sure. We'd like to know how to find the surface area of the
>         cortical grey matter from the pial surface. So specifically,
>         what is the surface area of the pial/grey matter boundary of
>         the cortex for each hemisphere?
>
>         We're using Freesurfer v5.3 on Centos 6.
>
>         Thanks,
>         Will Brown
>
>
>         On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Bruce Fischl
>         <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>         <mailto:fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>         <mailto:fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>         <mailto:fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>>> wrote:
>
>             sorry, this thread has gotten too deep. Can someone
>         summarize the
>             question?
>
>
>             On Thu, 11 Sep 2014, _andre...@sapo.pt
>         <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt> <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt
>         <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt>>
>             wrote:
>
>
>                 Ok. Then, I'm not sure if everything is correct with the
>                 command lines since
>                 I use 5.0.
>
>                 Any thought on this Freesurfer team?
>
>                 Thanks,
>                 Andreia
>
>                 Citando will brown <willbrown1...@gmail.com
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com>
>                 <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com>>>:
>
>                       Thanks again, for the record, I'm using freesurfer
>                 version 5.3.0
>                       on Centos 6.
>
>                       On 9/09/2014 11:00 PM, <_andre...@sapo.pt
>         <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt>
>                 <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt>>>
>         wrote:
>
>                             Hi Will,
>
>                             Just to clarify, what version of FS are
>         you using? I
>                             think it might not be 5.0 and I don't know if
>                             everything aplies if we are using different
>                             versions.
>
>
>                             1) Yes, it is only based on the pial
>         surface (and
>                             these command lines are for the aparc, DK
>         altas).
>                             The second set provides the surface area
>         for each
>                             hemisphere without including, for example,
>         the pial
>                             surface that you see in the hippocampus
>         which is not
>                             accurate and one should not care about. In
>         the end,
>                             the second set gives you the sum of the
>         areas in
>                             aparc, thus, you can just make a sum of that
>                             parcellation if you want. I just realized
>         that.
>
>                             2) No. In the new stats file, the value
>         that you
>                             want is at the bottom:
>
>                             # ColHeaders StructName NumVert SurfArea
>         GrayVol
>                             ThickAvg ThickStd MeanCurv GausCurv
>         FoldInd CurvInd
>
>                             And when running aparcstats2table that's
>         the value
>                             you should get in the table. I think that
>         # Measure
>                             Cortex, WhiteSurfArea, White Surface Total
>         Area may
>                             be including more stuff since it is bigger.
>
>
>                             If what you want is only the total hemisphere
>                             surface area you only need to run the
>         second set of
>                             commands. If you want the area of each DK
>         altas
>                             parcellation then run the first set and
>         then simply
>                             add them to get total hemisphere surface area.
>
>
>                             Someone from Freesurfer staff will correct
>         me if I'm
>                             wrong. (Please) I'm Ccing Doug since he
>         was replying
>                             to your previous emails.
>
>                             Let's wait for their feedback.
>
>                             Andreia
>
>
>
>
>
>                             Citando will brown
>         <willbrown1...@gmail.com <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com>
>                 <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com>>>:
>
>                                   Thanks Andreia, this does appear to have
>                                   worked. Please forgive my ignorance but
>                                   I do just want to double check two
>                                   things;
>
>                 1) The first commands you have given provide the stats for
>                 the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex only based on
>                 the pial surface, whereas the second set of commands
>                 provide the pial boundary stats for the whole brain rather
>                 than just cortex?
>
>                 2) The surface area value that I am looking for (grey
>                 matter surface area at the grey/pial boundary) is listed
>                 in the new stats table next to: # Measure Cortex,
>                 WhiteSurfArea, White Surface Total Area, ?
>
>                 Thanks again,
>                 Will
>
>                 On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:36 PM, will brown
>                 <willbrown1...@gmail.com
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com>
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>                       Thanks very much Andreia, yes this does look
>                       like what I want. I haven't had a chance to
>                       test it yet but it does indeed appear to
>                       answer my question. Thanks to those that have
>                       offered answers, to clarify, I did indeed mean
>                       the surface area of the pial surface rather
>                       than the white/grey boundary.
>                 Will
>
>
>                 On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:12 AM, <_andre...@sapo.pt
>         <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt>
>                 <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt <mailto:andre...@sapo.pt>>>
>
>                 wrote:
>
>                       Hi Will,
>
>                       I use the following commands to get
>                       surface area from the pial surface:
>
>
>                       In the subject label dir:
>
>
>                       mris_anatomical_stats -mgz -cortex
>                       ../label/lh.cortex.label -f
>                       ../stats/lh.aparc.pial.stats -b -a
>                       ../label/lh.aparc.annot -c
>                       ../label/aparc.annot.ctab SUBJ lh pial
>
>                       mris_anatomical_stats -mgz -cortex
>                       ../label/rh.cortex.label -f
>                       ../stats/rh.aparc.pial.stats -b -a
>                       ../label/rh.aparc.annot -c
>                       ../label/aparc.annot.ctab SUBJ rh pial
>
>
>
>                       Then run aparcstats2table using
>                       aparc.pial instead of aparc (only
>                       because I called this new parcellation
>                       aparc.pial)
>
>
>
>                       To get the total surface area of each
>                       hemisphere I use:
>
>                       In the subject stats dir:
>
>
>                       mris_anatomical_stats -l
>                       ../label/lh.cortex.label -f
>                       lh.total_pial.stats -b SUBJ lh pial
>
>                       mris_anatomical_stats -l
>                       ../label/rh.cortex.label -f
>                       rh.total_pial.stats -b SUBJ rh pial
>
>                       Then run aparcstats2table using
>                       total_pial instead of aparc (again, only
>                       because I called this new parcellation
>                       total_pial. You may call it whatever
>                       you'd like)
>
>
>
>                       Just remeber to leave the specified dirs
>                       when creating the tables. If you dont't
>                       I think they will be created in the
>                       current dir.
>
>                       I use FS 5.0.
>
>                       Is this what you want?
>
>
>                       Best,
>                       Andreia
>
>
>
>                       Citando will brown
>                       <willbrown1...@gmail.com
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com>
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com
>         <mailto:willbrown1...@gmail.com>>>:
>
>                             Hi all,
>                 I messed up this question recently so
>                 just want to clarify and try again. We
>                 want to know the cortical gray matter
>                 surface area of our subjects but are
>                 unclear about how to get this info.
>
>                 ?.aparc.stats reports:
>
>                 Measure Cortex, WhiteSurfArea, White
>                 Surface Total Area, XXXX, mm^2
>
>                 How about the gray matter?
>
>                 Thanks,
>                 Will
>
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