Ok, thanks!

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Von: "Bruce Fischl" <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
An: "Freesurfer support list" <freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Gesendet: Montag, 4. Juli 2016 15:37:57
Betreff: Re: [Freesurfer] controlling for total gray matter volume

sounds right to me
Bruce
On Mon, 4 Jul 2016, Clara Kühn wrote:

> I have decided now to not control for ICV or total gray matter volume when 
> looking at cotrical thickness but to control for total gray matter volume 
> when looking at surface area. Does that sound about right?
>
> Cheers, Clara
>
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> Von: "Arkadiy Maksimovskiy" <arkad...@bu.edu>
> An: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
> Gesendet: Samstag, 2. Juli 2016 18:36:51
> Betreff: Re: [Freesurfer] controlling for total gray matter volume
>
> Hi Clara,
>
> If I am understanding your question correctly, you don't need to control for 
> brain volume when looking at thickness analyses.
>
> See quote below from this link:
>
> http://www.freesurfer.net/fswiki/eTIV
>
> "Note that this correction is only useful in situations where the structure 
> scales with head size. Outside of this, correction just adds noise, or 
> provides inaccurate data. In the case of the measures from Freesurfer, one 
> would apply correction to the volume measures and not thickness measures. 
> This is because volume scales with head size which is mostly due to changes 
> in surface area, whereas thickness alone scales to a much less degree."
>
> Best,
> Arkadiy
>
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:19:43 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Clara K?hn < cku...@cbs.mpg.de >
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> Dear FreeSurfer experts,
>
> I would like to look at longitudinal thickness data and want to control for 
> total gray matter volume. Should I use that information from the CROSS before 
> anything has been registered and smoothed or from the LONG after they have 
> been registered to the BASE?
> Also I was wondering if it is useful to control for total gray matter volume 
> when looking at surface area?
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Clara
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:01:06 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Clara K?hn < cku...@cbs.mpg.de >
> Subject: [Freesurfer] cotrolling for total gray matter volume
> To: Freesurfer support list < freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >
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> Dear FreeSurfer experts,
>
> I would like to look at longitudinal thickness data and want to control for 
> total gray matter volume. Should I use that information from the CROSS before 
> anything has been registered and smoothed or from the LONG after they have 
> been registered to the BASE?
> Also I was wondering if it is useful to control for total gray matter volume 
> when looking at surface area?
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Clara
>
>
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