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Automated neuroimaging measurement; Brain surface anatomy; Brain surface area; Cortical area; Cortical thickness; Cortical volume; Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI; Pial surface, morphometric measure; Surface area
Definition
Surface area refers to the total area occupied by the outermost surface (i.e., Pial surface, see Fig. 1) of the cortex.
A graphical representation that compares cortical thickness with other related measures. On the left is a drawing of one sulcus in-between two gyri and is meant as a simplified representation of the surface of the brain. The image on the right is an amplified and enhanced coronal section of a T1 MPRAGE (magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo) sequence (Image by Trevor J. Huff 2015)
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Huff, T., Gale, S. (2018). Surface Area. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_9067
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