here is a start in case you have insomnia....

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On Fri, 15 Apr 2016, Gamaliel Huerta Urrea wrote:

Hi all
I would like to be certain about what are the algorithms that Freesurfer use
for Segmentation of surfaces (brain-skull-skin), and after, what is the
algorithm for surfaces construction and tessellation?. And moreover i would
like to know if you have some papers about this topic.


Cheers. 

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Gamaliel Huerta
Ingeniero Civil Biomédico
HealthCare Analytics
Centro Interdisciplinario de Innovación en Salud
Universidad de Valparaíso

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