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Hippocampus

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

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 Hippocampus
SideLabel (as in source)Volume, cm³Centroid MNI152, mm
leftLeft-Hippocampus5.17-26, -24, -13
rightRight-Hippocampus5.3927, -22, -13

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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