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Dear FreeSurfer Developers,

 

I was examining the perirhinal regions from BA_exvivo_thresh.stats when I noted a significant discrepancy between the left and right hemispheres, particularly obvious on the perirhinal volumes. On a set of 166 older adults, I found the following discrepancy:

 

Left Mean (SD)

Left Range

Right Mean (SD)

Right Range

Volume

1694.01 (473.09)

872–3087

943.80 (244.34)

514–1638

Thickness

2.83 (0.27)

2.18 - 3.72

2.98 (0.31)

2.25 - 3.76

Surface Area

492.47 (83.31)

329 - 703

259.76 (38.55)

170 - 357

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see the mean and range are almost double that of the right for volume and surface area, though thickness seems relatively unaffected. I have included my colleague who looked at one participant with the most extreme asymmetry and found the following, where it looks like the entorhinal cortex is overlapping the perirhinal. Attached is a screen shot.

 

I am using this for my dissertation due in a month and would love to know if this is a bug that could be resolved.

 

Thank you for your time!

 

Best.

Rachel

 

 

 

UF

Rachel Schade

Doctoral Candidate

Public Health & Health Professions | Clinical & Health Psychology

University of Florida

rschade1@ufl.edu