Lateral occipital
Desikan-Killiany · source label lateraloccipital
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.
| Side | Label (as in source) | Area, cm² | Centroid MNI152, mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| left | lateraloccipital | 32.7 | -29, -89, 0 |
| right | lateraloccipital | 32.3 | 32, -86, 1 |
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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