Thomas,
?h.pial.outer.smoothed surface is created as a part of the local gyrification index computation and represent the envelope of the brain (hull). It is computed using morphological closing of the sulci (see the validation publication in IEEE TMI and the lGI wiki page).
Marie
Quoting "oxro0@yahoo.com" oxro03@yahoo.com:
Sorry to bother with such a trivial question, but I looked everywhere. How and where is the ?h.pial.outer.smoothed surface created?
I understand this surface represents the outer surface of the pial without sulci, similar in shape to the inner surface of the skull.
Thanks, Thomas