Sorry that should be Tim!

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Tristan Chaplin
<tristan.chap...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Time.
>
> If I wanted to measure areas on this human cortex model, do you think it's
> ok to first scale the surface model up to this 965cm2 area? Or is the
> reduction in surface area too variable over the surface (ie not uniform)?
>
> Cheers,
> Tristan
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Timothy Coalson <tsc...@mst.edu> wrote:
>
>> The surface generated as the average of all subjects in the atlas is
>> significantly smoother than any individual's surface, which reduces
>> the surface area.  This may account for the discrepancy, as what
>> appears to be reported by the paper you saw is the mean of the surface
>> areas of the individuals, rather than the surface area of the average
>> surface.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Tristan Chaplin
>> <tristan.chap...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Sorry that should be 565 cm2.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Tristan Chaplin
>> > <tristan.chap...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I have been looking at the surface area of the PALS atlas and am a bit
>> >> confused as it seems smaller than I expected.  The spec file
>> >>
>> >> PALS_B12.RIGHT.STANDARD-SCENES.73730.spec
>> >>
>> >> downloaded from
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://sumsdb.wustl.edu:8081/sums/archivelist.do?archive_id=6570866&archive_name=PALS_B12.RIGHT.STANDARD-SCENES.73730.spec
>> )
>> >>
>> >> seems to have a fiducial surface area of 565 mm2 (including
>> non-cortical
>> >> medial wall) but the Van Essen 2005 Neuroimage paper says the average
>> >> surface area of the individuals is 965 cm2.
>> >>
>> >> Am I doing something wrong, or is there is something about atlas
>> building
>> >> that causes this?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Tristan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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