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Van Essen, D.C., Drury, H.A., 1997. Structural and functional analyses of human 
cerebral cortex using a surface-based atlas. J Neurosci 17, 7079–102.
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> Le 20 févr. 2016 à 19:22, Bruce Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Marta
> 
> A 2D surface (like the cortical white or pial models) has two principal 
> curvatures at each point - one in the direction of maximum curvature and one 
> in the direction of minimum curvature - typically denoted k1 and k2. The mean 
> curvature is the average of these H=(k1+k2)/2 and the Gaussian curvature is 
> the product of them K=(k1 * k2).  So, MeanCurv is the integral of the 
> absolute value of H and GausCurv is the integral of the absolute value of K. 
> FoldInd and CurvInd are two indices proposed by David Van Essen in a paper 
> from years ago that we also compute. Sorry, I don't have the right reference 
> handy, perhaps someone else on the list does?
> 
> cheers
> Bruce
> 
> 
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2016, Karas, Marta wrote:
> 
>> H!
>> I am working with data which is an output from the FreeSurfer processing. 
>> I would like to kindly ask you to refer me to materials / precise
>> "mathematical" definitions that could help to understand what are the
>> following parameters:
>> *  ​MeanCurv - Integrated Rectified Mean Curvature,
>> *  GausCurv - Integrated Rectified Gaussian Curvature,
>> *  FoldInd - Folding Index,
>> *  CurvInd - Intrinsic Curvature Index.
>> (I have been trying to google but not been successful, unfortunately.) 
>> Kind regards,
>> Marta Karas, M.S.
>> Research Assistant, Department of Biostatistics
>> Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and School of Medicine
>> Indiana University
>> tel: 317-665-4551
>> email: mka...@iu.edu
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