Dear Experts,

I had 2 questions with regard to vertex wise analysis using qdec.

1) How should one interpret the dependent variables area/pial area and volume when comparing 2 groups with qdec and a vertex wise (as opposed to ROI based) analysis - or are they uninterpretable in this context ? I read briefly about areal as an alternative measure - could someone explain the difference, and how thickness, volume and area related to one another ?

2) When running monte-carlo cluster wise multiple correction in qdec - if one finds a significant cluster is it ok to view them within qdec by highlighting the "mc-z ... " file in the analysis result box, and then changing the minimum threshold to whatever value one selected for the monte carlo simulation ? The reason I ask is that the text ouput given by the monte carlo cluster analysis gives different coorinates in the cluster table to that output given when one clicks on the "find clusters and go to max" button ...

Thanks.

Mahinda