Frontal pole
Desikan-Killiany · source label frontalpole
Atlas label only. No curated clinical content yet.
On the template
Desikan-Killiany. Values describe the fsaverage template, not an individual or a population norm.
| Side | Label (as in source) | Area, cm² | Centroid MNI152, mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| left | frontalpole | 3.1 | -8, 67, -9 |
| right | frontalpole | 3.8 | 9, 66, -11 |
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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