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Fusiform

Desikan-Killiany · source label fusiform

Atlas label only. No curated clinical content yet.

On the template

Desikan-Killiany. Values describe the fsaverage template, not an individual or a population norm.

Template values for Fusiform
SideLabel (as in source)Area, cm²Centroid MNI152, mm
leftfusiform25.2-34, -45, -20
rightfusiform24.134, -41, -21

Area: pial surface of the fsaverage average, which is smoother than individual cortex. Volume: voxel count of the fsaverage aseg segmentation at 1 mm isotropic.

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