The aseg.stats is generated with partial volume estimation

On 4/25/17 12:40 PM, Gamaliz wrote:

I wrote an algorithm which uses the number of pixels per region in the aseg+aparc.mgz file. As this file has 1x1x1mm3 I was expecting the number of pixels to match very closely the value of the volume; as each pixel represents a 1 mm3 cube.(I did the same for cortical volume and got a similar result, with an even larger discrepancy). 

The aseg.stats file lists the nVoxel value, and it is basically the volume rounded up. 

here are some sample values for subcortical regions: 

Left-Lateral-Ventricle Volume (mm3): 7829.8

Left-Lateral-Ventricle (number of Pixels in aseg+aparc.mgz): 7396

Left-Inf-Lat-Vent Volume (mm3):594

Left-Inf-Lat-Vent(number of Pixels in aseg+aparc.mgz):569

Left-Cerebellum-White-Matter Volume (mm3):12668

Left-Cerebellum-White-Matter(number of Pixels in aseg+aparc.mgz):12203

Left-Cerebellum-Cortex Volume (mm3):44113.2

Left-Cerebellum-Cortex(number of Pixels in aseg+aparc.mgz): 43804

Left-Thalamus-Proper Volume (mm3):5752.8

Left-Thalamus-Proper(number of Pixels in aseg+aparc.mgz): 5899

Pretty much the values are close to the volume, but different enough to be significant. I wonder why this discrepancy. 

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