Hi Dhinakaran

it can be the area of any surface. We generate both the white and pial surfaces by default (I think the white is named [lr]h.area while the pial is [lr]h.area.pial

cheers Bruce

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012, Dhinakaran Chinappen wrote:

Dear Freesurfer Experts,

Would you mind clarifying what the measure of surface area anatomically means? Is it the area of the pial surface?

Thanks in advance, Dhinakaran.