Which version of FreeSurfer are you using? In the more recent versions, they are the same. Cortical White Matter is all the white matter contained within the white surface minus the subcortical gray matter and ventricles, etc.

On May 20, 2011, at 7:37 AM, "Righart, Ruthger Dr." Ruthger.Righart@med.uni-muenchen.de wrote:

Dear All,

I am working with the volume-based stream in Freesurfer and I have a question about what is the difference between the volumes given for Cortical-white-matter and Cerebral-white-matter? How are the volumes calculated for both in Freesurfer? Is it the difference of including or not including the subcortical gray matter and ventricles in the calculation?

I have read previous mailings ( e.g. http://www.mail-archive.com/freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/msg15449.html ) but I am still confused what is the difference between these measures.

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

Ruthger Righart (PhD)

Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) Klinikum der Universität München Max-Lebsche-Platz 30 81377 Munich | Germany

Ruthger.Righart@med.uni-muenchen.de

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