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Caudate

FreeSurfer aseg · source label Left-Caudate, Right-Caudate

Atlas label only. No curated clinical content yet.

On the template

FreeSurfer aseg. Values describe the fsaverage template, not an individual or a population norm.

Template values for Caudate
SideLabel (as in source)Volume, cm³Centroid MNI152, mm
leftLeft-Caudate3.63-15, 10, 9
rightRight-Caudate3.8516, 10, 10

Area: pial surface of the fsaverage average, which is smoother than individual cortex. Volume: voxel count of the fsaverage aseg segmentation at 1 mm isotropic.

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