Maybe a better way to think about curvature is that it indicates whether the
surface is locally above (positive) or below (negative) the tangent plane
On Jun 14, 2021, at 10:29 PM, Fischl, Bruce <bfis...@mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
Sulc is the integrated dot product of the movement vector with the (outwards
pointing) surface normal during inflation. In gyral regions the movement vector
is consistently inwards and has a negative dot product with the surface normal,
which is why it is negative.
As for your second question, I’m not sure I understand. The mean curvature is
the average of the two principle curvatures. If you think of the surface
locally as a height function over the tangent plane, then the two curvatures
are the eigenvalues of the Hessian of that function (if that helps).
Cheers
Bruce
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Hello, Fs
In Freesurfer, the sulc value of the gyrus is NOT positive, on the contrary,
they are negative？
by the way, how the mean curvature reflects the degree of fold? Since the mean
curvature is a local measurement, does the mean curvature map reflects the fold
degree?
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