Techniques

Published material describing the techniques used in FreeSurfer (please cite our software!):

surface reconstruction

• Cortical Surface-Based Analysis I: Segmentation and Surface Reconstruction, Dale, A.M., Fischl, B., Sereno, M.I., (1999). NeuroImage 9(2):179-194

• Cortical Surface-Based Analysis II: Inflation, Flattening, and a Surface-Based Coordinate System, Fischl, B., Sereno, M.I., Dale, A.M., (1999). NeuroImage, 9(2):195-207.

• Automated Manifold Surgery: Constructing Geometrically Accurate and Topologically Correct Models of the Human Cerebral Cortex, Fischl, B., Liu, A. and Dale, A.M., (2001). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 20(1):70-80.

• Improved localization of cortical activity by combining EEG and MEG with MRI cortical surface reconstruction: A linear approach, Dale, A.M., and Sereno, M.I. (1993). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 5:162-176.

• A Hybrid Approach to the Skull-Stripping Problem in MRI, Ségonne, F., Dale, A.M., Busa, E., Glessner, M., Salvolini, U., Hahn, H.K., Fischl, B. (2004). NeuroImage, 22:1160-1075.

• Genetic Algorithm for the Topology Correction of Cortical Surfaces, F. Segonne, E. Grimson, B. Fischl (2005). IPMI pp393--405.

inter-subject spherical averaging

• High-resolution inter-subject averaging and a coordinate system for the cortical surface, Fischl, B., Sereno, M.I., Tootell, R.B.H., and Dale, A.M., (1999). Human Brain Mapping, 8:272-284(1999).

• Task-Optimal Registration Cost Functions, B.T. Yeo, M. Sabuncu, P. Golland, B. Fischl. Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), volume 5761 of LNCS, 598--606, 2009

• Spherical Demons: Fast Diffeomorphic Landmark-Free Surface Registration, B.T. Yeo, Mert R. Sabuncu, Tom Vercauteren, Nicholas Ayache, Bruce Fischl, Polina Golland (2010). IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING. 29(3):650–668, 2010

thickness measurement

• Measuring the Thickness of the Human Cerebral Cortex from Magnetic Resonance Images, Fischl, B., and Dale, A.M., (2000). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97:11044-11049.

• Reliability of MRI-derived measurements of human cerebral cortical thickness: The effects of field strength, scanner upgrade and manufacturer, X. Han, J. Jovichich, D. Salat, A. van der Kouwe, B. Quinn, S. Czanner, E. Busa, J. Pacheco, M. Albert, R. Killiany, P. Maguire, D. Rosas, N. Makris, A. Dale, B. Dickerson, and B. Fischl, (2006) NeuroImage, 32(1):180-194.

• see also below: Rosas et al. (histology) and Kuperberg et al. (MRI) were validation studies for the thickness measures

cortical parcellation

• Automatically Parcellating the Human Cerebral Cortex, Fischl, B., A. van der Kouwe, C. Destrieux, E. Halgren, F. Segonne, D. Salat, E. Busa, L. Seidman, J. Goldstein, D. Kennedy, V. Caviness, N. Makris, B. Rosen, and A.M. Dale, (2004). Cerebral Cortex, 14:11-22.

• An automated labeling system for subdividing the human cerebral cortex on MRI scans into gyral based regions of interest, Desikan, R.S., F. Segonne, B. Fischl, B.T. Quinn, B.C. Dickerson, D. Blacker, R.L. Buckner, A.M. Dale, R.P. Maguire, B.T. Hyman, M.S. Albert, and R.J. Killiany, (2006). NeuroImage 31(3):968-80.

• Cortical Folding Patterns and Predicting Cytoarchitecture, Fischl, B., N. Rajendran, E. Busa, J. Augustinack, O. Hinds, B.T. Yeo, H. Mohlberg, K. Amunts, and K. Zilles, Cerebral Cortex, 2008. 18(8): p. 1973-80.

• Effects of Registration Regularization and Atlas Sharpness on Segmentation Accuracy, B.T. Yeo, M.R. Sabuncu, R. Desikan, B. Fischl and P. Golland. Medical Image Analysis, 12(5):603:615, 2008.

• A sulcal depth-based anatomical parcellation of the cerebral cortex, Destrieux, C., B. Fischl, A. Dale, E. Halgren (2009). Human Brain Mapping 2009.

subcortical segmentation

• Whole Brain Segmentation: Automated Labeling of Neuroanatomical Structures in the Human Brain, Fischl, B., D.H. Salat, E. Busa, M. Albert, M. Dieterich, C. Haselgrove, A. van der Kouwe, R. Killiany, D. Kennedy, S. Klaveness, A. Montillo, N. Makris, B. Rosen, and A.M. Dale, (2002). Neuron, 33:341-355.

• Sequence-Independent Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images, Fischl, B., Salat, D.H., van der Kouwe, A.J.W., Makris, N., Ségonne, F., and Dale, A.M. (2004) NeuroImage 23:S69-S84.

• Atlas Renormalization for Improved Brain MR Image Segmentation Across Scanner Platforms, Han, X. and B. Fischl, (2007). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 26(4):479-486.

related methodological papers

• Discriminative Analysis for Image-Based Studies, Golland, P., B. Fischl, M. Spiridon, N. Kanwisher, R.L. Buckner, M.E. Shenton, R. Kikinis, A. Dale, W.E.L. Grimson, (2002) In Proc. MICCAI'2002: Fifth International Conference on Medical Image Computing And Computer Assisted Intervention. LNCS 2488:508-515.

• Permutation Tests for Classification: Towards Statistical Significance in Image-Based Studies, Golland P., and B. Fischl, (2003) Proc. IPMI2003: 18th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging.

• Topology Correction of Subcortical Segmentation, Segonne, F., E. Grimson and B. Fischl, (2003) MICCAI 2003.

• A unified approach for morphometric and functional data analysis in young, old, and demented adults using automated atlas-based head size normalization: reliability and validation against manual measurement of total intracranial volume, Buckner, R.L., D. Head, J. Parker, A.F. Fotenos, D. Marcus, J.C. Morris, and A.Z. Snyder (2004) NeuroImage 23:724-738.

• Reliability in Multi-Site Structural MRI Studies: Effects of Gradient Non-linearity Correction on Phantom and Human Data, Jovicich J, Czanner S, Greve D, Haley E, Kouwe A, Gollub R, Kennedy D, Schmitt F, Brown G, MacFall J, Fischl B, Dale A., (2006) NeuroImage, 30(2): 436-443.

• Geometrically Accurate Topology-Correction of Cortical Surfaces Using Nonseparating Loops, Segonne, F., J. Pacheco, B. Fischl, (2007) IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 26(4):518-529.

• Phase maps reveal cortical architecture, Bruce Fischl and Lawrence L. Wald, PNAS, July 10, 2007, vol. 104, no. 28.

• What Data to Co-register for Computing Atlases, B.T.T. Yeo, M. Sabuncu, H. Mohlberg, K. Amunts, K. Zilles, P. Golland, B. Fischl (2007). Proceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA 2007).

• A Technique for the Deidentification of Structural Brain MR Images, Bischoff-Grethe, A., I.B. Ozyurt, E. Busa, B.T. Quinn, C. Fennema-Notestine, C.P. Clark, S. Morris, M.W. Bondi, T.L. Jernigan, A.M. Dale, G.G. Brown, and B. Fischl (2007) Human Brain Mapping, volume 28, issue 9, pp 892-903.

• An MRI-based method for measuring volume, thickness and surface area of entorhinal, perirhinal, and posterior parahippocampal cortex, Feczko, E., J.C. Augustinack, B. Fischl, B.C. Dickerson, (2007). Neurobiology of Aging, 2007 Sep 10.

• Brain morphometry with multiecho MPRAGE, van der Kouwe, A.J.W., T. Benner, D.H. Salat, and B. Fischl (2008). NeuroImage 40 (2008) 559-569.

• A Surface-Based Approach to Quantify Local Cortical Gyrification, Schaer, M., M. Bach Cuadra, L. Tamarit, F. Lazeyras, S. Eliez, and J.P. Thiran (2008). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 27, No. 2, February 2008.

• On the Construction of Invertible Filter Banks on the 2-Sphere. B.T. Yeo, W. Ou, P. Golland. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 17(3):283--300, 2008.

• Reliability of MRI-derived cortical and subcortical morphometric measures: Effects of pulse sequence, voxel geometry, and parallel imaging, Wonderlick, J.S., D.A. Ziegler, P. Hosseini-Varnamkhasti, J.J. Locascio, A. Bakkour, A. van der Kouwe, C. Triantafyllou, S. Corkin, and B.C. Dickerson. NeuroImage 44 (2009) 1324–1333.

• MRI-derived measurements of human subcortical, ventricular and intracranial brain volumes: Reliability effects of scan sessions, acquisition sequences, data analyses, scanner upgrade, scanner vendors and field strengths, Jovicich, J., S. Czanner, X. Han, D. Salat, A. van der Kouwe, B. Quinn, J. Pacheco, M. Albert, R. Killiany, D. Blacker, P. Maguire, D. Rosas, N. Makris, R. Gollub, A. Dale, B.C. Dickerson, and B. Fischl (2009). NeuroImage 46 (2009) 177–192.

• Automated Segmentation of Hippocampal Subfields From Ultra-High Resolution In Vivo MRI, K. V. Leemput, A. Bakkour, T. Benner, G. Wiggins, L. L. Wald, J. Augustinack, B. C. Dickerson, P. Golland, B. Fischl (2009). Hippocampus 19:549–557 (2009)

• Accurate and robust brain image alignment using boundary-based registration, D. Greve and B. Fischl, NeuroImage, Volume 48, Issue 1, 15 October 2009, Pages 63-72.

• Combined Volumetric and Surface Registration, G.Postelnicu, L.Zollei, B. Fischl(2009). IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, VOL. 28, NO. 4, APRIL 2009

• Skull Stripping Using Graph Cuts, S.A. Sadananthan, W. Zheng, M.W.L. Chee, and V. Zagorodnov (2010). NeuroImage, 49:1, 225–239, 2010.

• A Generative Model for Image Segmentation Based on Label Fusion, Mert R. Sabuncu, B.T. Thomas Yeo, Koen Van Leemput, Bruce Fischl, Polina Golland (2010). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2010.

• Learning Task-Optimal Registration Cost Functions for Localizing Cytoarchitecture and Function in the Cerebral Cortex, B.T. Thomas Yeo, Mert R. Sabuncu, Tom Vercauteren, Daphne J. Holt, Katrin Amunts, Karl Zilles, Polina Golland and Bruce Fischl (2010). IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING, TO BE PUBLISHED.

• Highly Accurate Inverse Consistent Registration: A Robust Approach, M. Reuter, H.D. Rosas, B. Fischl. NeuroImage 53 (4), pp. 1181-1196, 2010.

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Citations

Published material citing Freesurfer:

cortical thickness

• Regional and progressive thinning of the cortical ribbon in Huntington's disease, Rosas, H.D., A.K. Liu, S. Hersch, M. Glessner, R.J. Ferrante, D.H. Salat, A. van der Kouwe, B.G. Jenkins, A.M. Dale, and B. Fischl, (2002). Neurology, 58:695-701.

• Regionally localized thinning of the cerebral cortex in schizophrenia, Kuperberg, G.R., M.R. Broome, P.K. McGure, A.S. David, M. Eddy, F. Ozawa, D. Goff, C. West, S.C.R. WIlliams, A.J.W. van der Kouwe, D.H. Salat, A.M. Dale, and B. Fischl, (2003). Archives of General Psychiatry, 60:878-888.

• Focal thinning of the cerebral cortex in multiple sclerosis, Sailer, M., B. Fischl, D. Salat, C. Tempelmann, M. Schonfeld, E. Busa, N. Bodammer, H. Heinze, and A. Dale, (2003). Brain, 126(9):1734-1744. (See also: editorial)

• Thinning of the Cerebral Cortex in Aging, D.H. Salat, R.L. Buckner, A.Z. Synder, R.S.R. Desikan, D.N. Greve, E. Busa, J.C. Morris, A.M. Dale, and B. Fischl, (2004). Cerebral Cortex, 14:721-730.

• A magnetic resonance imaging study of cortical thickness in animal phobia, Rauch, S., C. Wright, B. Martis, E. Busa, K. McMullin, L. Shin, A. Dale, and B. Fischl, (2004). Biological Psychiatry, 55(9):946-952.

• Differing neuropsychological and neuroanatomical correlates of abnormal reading in early-stage semantic dementia and dementia of the Alzheimer type, Gold, B.T., D.A. Balota, M.J. Cortes, S.D. Sergent-Marshall, A.Z. Snyder, D.H. Salat, B. Fischl, A.M. Dale, J.C. Morris, and R.L. Buckner, (2005). Neuropsychologia, 43: p. 833-846.

• Thickness of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in humans is correlated with extinction memory, Milad, M.R., B.T. Quinn, R.K. Pitman, S.P. Orr, B. Fischl, and S.L. Rauch (2005). PNAS, 102(30):10706-10711.

• Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness, Lazar, S.W., C.E. Kerr, R.H. Wasserman, J.R. Gray, D.N. Greve, M.T. Treadway, M. McGarvey, B.T. Quinn, J.A. Dusek, H. Benson, S.L. Rauch, C.I. Moore, and B. Fischl, (2005). NeuroReport, 16(17): 1893-1897.

• Selective increase of cortical thickness in high-performing elderly - structural indices of optimal cognitive aging, Fjell, A.M., K.B. Walhovd, I. Reinvang, A. Lundervold, D. Salat, B.T. Quinn, B. Fischl and A.M. Dale (2006). NeuroImage 29:984-994.

• Regional cortical thickness matters in recall after months more than minutes, Walhovd, K.B., A.M. Fjell, A.M. Dale, B. Fischl, B.T. Quinn, N. Makris, D. Salat, and I. Reinvan (2006). NeuroImage 31:1343 - 1351.

• Mapping an intrinsic MR property of gray matter in auditory cortex of living humans: A possible marker for primary cortex and hemispheric differences, Sigalovsky, I.S., B. Fischl, and J.R. Melchera (2006). NeuroImage 32:1524-1537.

• Anatomical differences in the mirror neuron system and social cognition network in autism, Hadjikhani N., R.M. Joseph, J. Snyder, H. Tager-Flusberg (2006). Cerebral Cortex 16(9):1276-82.

• Neuroanatomical Correlates of Extraversion and Neuroticism, Wright, C.I., D. Williams, E. Feczko, L. Feldman Barrett, B.C. Dickerson, C.E. Schwartz, and M.M. Wedig (2006). Cerebral Cortex 2006;16:1809--1819.

• Different regional patterns of cortical thinning in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia, Du, AT, N. Schuff, J.H. Kramer, H.J. Rosen, M.L. Gorno-Tempini, K. Rankin, B.L. Miller and M.W. Weiner (2007). Brain 130:1159-1166.

• Differential effects of aging and Alzheimer's disease on medial temporal lobe cortical thickness and surface area, Dickerson B.C, E. Feczko, J.C. Augustinack, J. Pacheco, J.C. Morris, B. Fischl, R.L. Buckner (2007). Neurobiology of Aging, 2007 Sep 13.

• Thickening in the somatosensory cortex of patients with migraine, DaSilva, A.F.M., C. Granziera, J. Snyder and N. Hadjikhani (2007). Neurology 69:1990-1995.

• Detection of cortical thickness correlates of cognitive performance: Reliability across MRI scan sessions, scanners, and field strengths, Dickerson, B.C., E. Fenstermacher, D.H. Salat, D.A. Wolk, R.P. Maguire, R. Desikan, J. Pacheco, B.T. Quinn, A. Van der Kouwe, D.N. Greve, D. Blacker, M.S. Albert, R.J. Killiany, and B. Fischl (2008). NeuroImage 39(1):10-8.

• Cerebral cortex and the clinical expression of Huntington's disease: complexity and heterogeneity, Rosas, D.H., D.H. Salat, S.Y. Lee, A.K. Zaleta, V. Pappu, B. Fischl, D. Greve, N. Hevelone and S.M. Hersch (2008). Brain doi:10.1093/brain/awn025.

• Regional neocortical thinning in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, McDonald, C.R., D.J. Hagler, Jr., M.E. Ahmadi, E. Tecoma, V. Iragui, L. Gharapetian, A.M. Dale, and E. Halgren (2008). Epilepsia 48 (2), 211-219.

• Abnormal cerebral cortex structure in children with ADHD, Wolosin S.M., Richardson M.E., Hennessey J.G., Denckla M.B., Mostofsky S.H. Human Brain Mapping, 2007 Nov 5.

• Morphometric Changes in the Episodic Memory Network and Tau Pathologic Features Correlate With Memory Performance in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment, A.M.Fjell, K.B.Walhovd, I.Amlien, A. Bjørnerud, I.Reinvang, L.Gjerstad, T.Cappelen, F.Willoch, P. Due-Tønnessen, R.Grambaite, A.Skinningsrud, V.Stenset, T.Fladby. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, Jun-Jul 2008.

• Accelerated age-related cortical thinning in healthy carriers of apolipoprotein E ε4, Espeseth T., L.T. Westlye, A.M. Fjell, K.B. Walhovd, H. Rootwelt, I. Reinvanga. Neurobiology of Aging 29 (2008) 329–340.

• Cognitive Function, P3a/P3b Brain Potentials, and Cortical Thickness in Aging, Fjell, A.M. K.B. Walhovd, B. Fischl and I. Reinvang. Human Brain Mapping 28:1098–1116 (2007).

• Changes in cerebral cortex of children treated for medulloblastoma, Liu AK, Marcus KJ, Fischl B, Grant PE, Poussaint TY, Rivkin MJ, Davis P, Tarbell NJ, Yock TI (2007). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Jul 15;68(4):992-8. Epub 2007 Mar 26. PMID: 17379433 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Regional thinning of the cerebral cortex in schizophrenia: Effects of diagnosis, age and antipsychotic medication, Nesvåg, R., G. Lawyer, K. Varnäs, A.M. Fjell, K.B. Walhovd, A. Frigessi, E.G. Jönsson, I. Agartz. Schizophrenia Research 98 (2008) 16 – 28.

• Evidence for abnormalities of cortical development in Adolescent-Onset Schizophrenia, Voets, N.L., M. Hough, G. Douaud, P.M. Matthews, A. James, L. Winmill, P. Webster, S. Smith (2008). NeuroImage, doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.08.013.

• Colocalized Structural and Functional Changes in the Cortex of Patients with Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain, DaSilva, A.F., L. Becerra, G. Pendse, B. Chizh, S. Tully, D. Borsook (2008). PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(10): e3396. (sup 1, sup 2)

• The complex minds of teenagers: Neuroanatomy of personality differs between sexes Blankstein, U., J.Y.W. Chena,, A.M. Mincicd, P.A. McGrathc, K.D. Davis (2008). Neuropsychologia 47 (2009) 599–603.

• Cortical thickness reduction of normal appearing cortex in patients with polymicrogyria, Oliveira Jr, Pedro Paulo; Leite, Claudia; Valente, Kette; Shergill, Sukhwinder; Amaro Jr, Edson (2008). Journal of Neuroimaging - 2008 - In Press

• The Cortical Signature of Alzheimer's Disease: Regionally Specific Cortical Thinning Relates to Symptom Severity in Very Mild to Mild AD Dementia and is Detectable in Asymptomatic Amyloid-Positive Individuals, Bradford C. Dickerson, Akram Bakkour, David H. Salat, Eric Feczko, Jenni Pacheco, Douglas N. Greve, Fran Grodstein, Christopher I. Wright, Deborah Blacker, H. Diana Rosas, Reisa A. Sperling, Alireza Atri, John H. Growdon, Bradley T. Hyman, John C. Morris, Bruce Fischl, and Randy L. Buckner (2009). Cerebral Cortex 2009 19: 497-510; doi:10.1093/cercor/bhn113

• Distinct Genetic Influences on Cortical Surface Area and Cortical Thickness, Matthew S. Panizzon; Christine Fennema-Notestine; Lisa T. Eyler; Terry L. Jernigan; Elizabeth Prom-Wormley; Michael Neale; Kristen Jacobson; Michael J. Lyons; Michael D. Grant; Carol E. Franz; Hong Xian; Ming Tsuang; Bruce Fischl; Larry Seidman; Anders Dale; William S. Kremen (2009). Cerebral Cortex 2009; doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp026

• Anatomical atlas-guided diffuse optical tomography of brain activation, Anna Custo, David A. Boas, Daisuke Tsuzuki, Ippeita Dan, Rickson Mesquita, Bruce Fischl, W. Eric L. Grimson, Williams Wells III (2009). NeuroImage 2009. YNIMG-06435

• Cortical thickness and voxel-based morphometry in posterior cortical atrophy and typical Alzheimer's disease (2009). Lehmann M, Crutch SJ, Ridgway GR, Ridha BH, Barnes J, Warrington EK, Rossor MN, Fox NC (2009). Neurobiology of Aging, 2009 Sep 24.

• Age-associated alterations in cortical gray and white matter signal intensity and gray to white matter contrast, D.H.Salat, S.Y.Lee, A.J.van der Kouwe, D.N.Greve, B.Fischl, H.D.Rosas (2009). NeuroImage, 2009. YNIMG-06406; No. of pages: 8; 4C: 3, 4, 5, 6

• Neuroimaging H.M.: A 10-Year Follow-Up Examination, Salat, D.H., A.J.W. van der Kouwe, D.S. Tuch, B.T. Quinn, B. Fischl, A.M. Dale and S. Corkin (2006). HIPPOCAMPUS 16:936–945 (2006).

• Cortical Thickness Reduction of Normal Appearing Cortex in Patients with Polymicrogyria, Oliveira Jr., P.P.M., K.D. Valente, S.S. Shergill, C.C. Leite, E. Amaro Jr. (2010). J Neuroimaging 2010;20:46-52.

• Regionally Specific Cortical Thinning in Children with Sickle Cell Disease, G.R.Kirk, M.R.Haynes, S.Palasis, C.Brown, T.G.Burns, M.McCormick, R.A.Jones (2008). Cerebral Cortex July 2009;19:1549--1556

• Cortical thickness or grey matter volume? The importance of selecting the phenotype for imaging genetics studies, A.M. Winkler, P.Kochunov, J.Blangero, L.Almasy, K.Zilles,. P.T. Fox, R.Duggirala and D.C. Glahn (2009). doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.028

• Prefrontal plasticity and stress inoculation-induced resilience, Katz, M., C. Liu, M. Schaer, K. J. Parker, M.-C. Ottet, A. Epps, C. L. Buckmaster, R. Bammer, M. E. Moseley, A. F. Schatzberg, S. Eliez, D. M. Lyons (2009). Dev Neurosci. 31(4):293-9.

• Structural Differences in Adult Orbital and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Predicted by Infant Temperament at 4 Months of Age, Carl E. Schwartz. MD, Pratap S. Kunwar. MS, Douglas N. Greve. PhD, Lyndsey R. Moran, BA, Jane C. Viner. BA, Jennifer M. Covino. BS, MPA, Jerome Kagan. PhD, S. Evelyn Stewart. MD, Nancy C. Snidman. PhD, Mark G. Vangel. PhD, Stuart R. Wallace. BS. (2010). Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010;67(1):78-84

• MET Variant Of The Catechol-O-MethylTransferase Genotype Is Associated With Thicker Cortex In Adult Brain, A. Cerasa, A. Cherubini, A. Quattrone, M.C. Gioia, P. Tarantino, G. Annesi, F. Assogna, C. Caltagirone and G. Spalletta (2010). Neuroscience(2010), doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.02.040

• Morphological correlates of MAO A VNTR polymorphism: New evidence from cortical thickness measurement, A. Cerasa, A. Cherubini, A. Quattrone, M.C. Gioia, A. Magariello, M. Muglia, I. Manna, F. Assogna, C. Caltagirone, G. Spalletta (2010). Behavioural Brain Research, in press 2010.

• The Role of the Fusiform-Amygdala System in the Pathophysiology of Autism, Dziobek, I., M. Bahnemann, A. Convit, H.R. Heekeren (2010). ARCH GEN PSYCHIATRY/VOL 67 (NO. 4), APR 2010.

• Phonetically irregular word pronunciation and cortical thickness in the adult brain, Karen Blackmon, William B.Barr, Ruben Kuzniecky, Jonathan DuBois, Chad Carlson, Brian T.Quinn, Mark Blumberg, Eric Halgren, Donald J. Hagler, Mark Mikhly, Orrin Devinsky, Carrie R. McDonald, Anders M. Dale, Thomas Thesen (2010). NeuroImage 51 (2010) 1453–1458

• Reduced right frontal cortical thickness in children, adolescents and adults with ADHD and its correlation to clinical variables: A cross-sectional study, Almeida, L.G., J. Ricardo-Garcell, H. Prado, L. Barajas, A. Fernández-Bouzas, D. Ávila, R.B. Martínez (2010). J. of Psychiatric Research, in press 2010.

clinical biomarkers

• Temporoparietal MR Imaging Measures of Atrophy in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment That Predict Subsequent Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease, Desikan, R.S., H.J. Cabral, B. Fischl, C.R.G. Guttmann, D. Blacker, B.T. Hyman, M.S. Albert, R.J. Killiany (2009). AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology;3:532-538.

• Automated MRI measures identify individuals with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, Desikan, R.S., H.J. Cabral, C.P. Hess, W.P. Dillon, C.M. Glastonbury, M.W. Weiner, N.J. Schmansky, D.N. Greve, D.H. Salat, R.L. Buckner and B. Fischl (2009). Brain, 2009 May 21.

• Use of SVM Methods with Surface-Based Cortical and Volumetric Subcortical Measurements to Detect Alzheimer's Disease, Oliveira Jr., P.P.M., R. Nitrini, G. Busatto, C. Buchpiguel, J.R. Sato1, E. Amaro Jr. (2010). J of Alzheimer's Disease, 10.3233/JAD-2010-1322.

• Automated MRI measures predict progression to Alzheimer’s disease, Desikan R.S., H.J. Cabral, F. Settecase, C.P. Hess, W.P. Dillon, C.M. Glastonbury, M.W. Weiner, N.J. Schmansky, D.H. Salat, B. Fischl (2010). Neurobiology of Aging, 2010, Aug;31(8):1364-74.

• Describing the Brain in Autism in Five Dimensions — Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Assisted Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using a Multiparameter Classification Approach, Ecker, C., A. Marquand, J. Mourão-Miranda, P. Johnston, E.M. Daly, M.J. Brammer, S. Maltezos, C.M. Murphy, D. Robertson, S.C. Williams, and D.G.M. Murphy (2010). J. of Neuroscience, August 11, 2010 • 30(32):10612–10623.

• Selective Disruption of the Cerebral Neocortex in Alzheimer’s Disease, Desikan, R.S., M.R. Sabuncu, N.J. Schmansky, M. Reuter, H.J. Cabral, C.P. Hess, M.W. Weiner, A. Biffi, C.D. Anderson, J. Rosand, D.H. Salat, T.L. Kemper, A.M. Dale, R.A. Sperling, B. Fischl, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (2010). PLoS ONE 5(9): e12853.

volumetric

• Age does not increase rate of forgetting over weeks neuroanatomical volumes and visual memory across the adult life-span, Fjell, A.M., K.B. Walhovd, I. Reinvang, A. Lundervold, A.M. Dale, B.T. Quinn, N. Makris, and B. Fischl, (2005). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2-15(1):2-15.

• Cortical volume and speed-of-processing are complementary in prediction of performance intelligence, Walhovd, K.B., A.M. Fjell, I. Reinvang, A. Lundervold, B. Fischl, B.T. Quinn, N. Makris, and A.M. Dale, (2005). Neuropsychologia, 43(5):704-713.

• Effects of age on volumes of cortex, white matter and subcortical structures, Walhovd, K.B., A.M. Fjell, I. Reinvang, A. Lundervold, A.M. Dale, D.E. Eilertsen, B.T. Quinn, D. Salat, N. Makris, and B. Fischl (2005). Neurobiology of Aging 26:1261-1270. See also: Commentary: Neuroanatomical aging: Universal but not uniform.

• The functional and structural significance of the frontal shift in the old/new ERP effect, Walhovd, K.B., A.M. Fjell, I. Reinvang, A. Lundervold, B. Fischl, B.T. Quinn, N. Makris, and A.M. Dale, (2006). Brain Research, 1081:156-170.

• Interactive effects of APOE and CHRNA4 on attention and white matter volume in healthy middle-aged and older adults, Thomas Espeseth, Pamela M. Greenwood, Ivar Reinvang, Anders M. Fjell, Kristine B. Walhovd, Lars T. Westlye, Eike Wehling, Astri Lundervold, Helge Rootwelt, Raja Parasuraman. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2006, 6(1), 31-43.

• Detailed semiautomated MRI based morphometry of the neonatal brain: Preliminary results, Nishida, M., N. Makris, D.N. Kennedy, M. Vangel, B. Fischl, K.S. Krishnamoorthy, V.S. Caviness, and P.E. Grant (2007). NeuroImage 32:1041-1049.

• Volumetric cerebral characteristics of children exposed to opiates and other substances in utero, Walhovd, K.B., V. Moe, K. Slinning, P. Due-Tønnessen, A. Bjørnerud, A.M. Dale, A. van der Kouwe, B.T. Quinn, B. Kosofsky, D. Greve, and B. Fischl, (2007). NeuroImage 36:1331-1344.

• White matter volume predicts reaction time instability, Kristine B. Walhovd , Anders M. Fjell. Neuropsychologia 45 (2007) 2277–2284.

• Feasibility of Multi-site Clinical Structural Neuroimaging Studies of Aging Using Legacy Data, Fennema-Notestine, C., A.C. Gamst, B.T. Quinn, J. Pacheco, T.L. Jernigan, L. Thal, R. Buckner, R. Killiany, D. Blacker, A.M. Dale, B. Fischl, B. Dickerson, R.L. Gollub, (2007). Neuroinformatics 5:235-245.

• The Effect of Early Human Diet on Caudate Volumes and IQ, Isaacs, E.B., D.G. Gadian, S. Sabatini, W.K. Chong, B.T. Quinn, B.R. Fischl, and A. Lucas, (2008). Pediatric Research 63(3):308-314. (see also: commentary)

• Subcortical and cerebellar atrophy in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy revealed by automatic segmentation, McDonald, C.R., D.J. Hagler, Jr., M.E. Ahmadi, E. Tecoma, V. Iragui, A.M. Dale, and E. Halgren (2008). Epilepsy Researc 2008 Mar 20.

• Heritability of Brain Morphology Related to Schizophrenia: A Large-Scale Automated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Segmentation Study, Goldman, A.L., L. Pezawas, V.S. Mattay, B. Fischl, B.A. Verchinski, B. Zoltick, D.R. Weinberger, and A. Meyer-Lindenberg (2008). Biological Psychiatry 2008 63:475–483.

• Cerebellar Atrophy in Essential Tremor Using an Automated Segmentation Method, A.Cerasa, D.Messina, G.Nicoletti, F.Novellino, P.Lanza, F.Condino, G.Arabia, M.Salsone, A.Quattrone (2009). AJNR 2009 Published April 2, 2009.

• The COMT Val108/158Met polymorphism and medial temporal lobe volumetry in patients with schizophrenia and healthy adults, Ehrlich, S., E.M. Morrow, J.L. Roffman, S.R. Wallace, M. Naylore, H.J. Bockholt, A. Lundquist, A. Yendiki, B.C. Ho, T. White, D.S. Manoach, V.P. Clark, V.D. Calhoun, R.L. Gollub and D.J. Holt (2009). Neuroimage. 2009 Dec 21.

• Smaller global and regional cortical volume in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder, Woodward, S.H., M. Schaer, D. G. Kaloupek, L. Cediel, S. Eliez (2009). Arch Gen Psychiatry. 66(12):1373-82.

• Regional cortical volumes and congenital heart disease: a MRI study in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, Schaer, M., B. Glaser, M.-C. Ottet, M. Schneider, M. Bach Cuadra, M. Debbané, J.-P. Thiran, S. Eliez (2010). J Neurodevep Disord. DOI10.1007/s11689-010-9061-4.

• Testosterone modifies the effect of APOE genotype on hippocampal volume in middle-aged men, M.S. Panizzon, R. Hauger, A.M. Dale, L.J. Eaves, L.T. Eyler, B. Fischl, C. Fennema-Notestine, C.E. Franz, M.D. Grant, A.J. Jak, K.C. Jacobson, M.J. Lyons, S.P. Mendoza, M.C. Neale, E.C. Prom-Wormley, L.J. Seidman, M.T. Tsuang, H. Xian and W.S. Kremen (2010). 2010;75;874-880Neurology. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f11deb

• Gray matter volume reduction in rostral middle frontal gyrus in patients with chronic schizophrenia, Z.Kikinis, J.H.Fallon, M.Niznikiewicz, P.Nestor, C.Davidson, L.Bobrow, P.E.Pelavin, B.Fischl, A.Yendiki, R.W.McCarley, R.Kikinis, M.Kubicki, M.E.Shenton (2010). Schizophrenia Research 123 (2010)153–159.

white matter

• Regional white matter volume differences in nondemented aging and Alzheimer's disease, Salat D.H., D.N. Greve, J.L. Pacheco, B.T. Quinn, K.G. Helmer, R.L. Buckner, B. Fischl (2008). NeuroImage 44 (2009) 1247–1258.

• Impact of breast milk on IQ, brain size and white matter development, Elizabeth B. Isaacs, Bruce R. Fischl, Brian T. Quinn, Wui K. Chong, David G. Gadian, and Alan Lucas. (2009). Pediatric Research Accepted Manuscript.

longitudinal

• MRI measures of temporoparietal regions show differential rates of atrophy during prodromal AD, Desikan, R.S., B. Fischl, H.J. Cabral, T.L. Kemper, C.R.G. Guttmann, D. Blacker, B.T. Hyman, M.S. Albert, R.J. Killiany, (2008). Neurology 2008, doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000320055.57329.34.

• Deviant trajectories of cortical maturation in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS): a cross-sectional and longitudinal study, Schaer, M., M. Debbané, M. Bach Cuadra, M.-C. Ottet, B. Glaser, J.-P. Thiran, S. Eliez (2009) Schizophr Res. 115(2-3):182-90.

entorhinal cortex

• Detection of entorhinal layer II using 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging, Augustinack, Jean C., Andre J. W. van der Kouwe, Megan L. Blackwell, David H. Salat, Christopher J. Wiggins, Matthew P. Frosch, Graham C. Wiggins, Andreas Potthast, Lawrence L. Wald, Bruce R. Fischl, (2005). Annals of Neurology, 57(4):489-494.

• Predicting the location of entorhinal cortex from MRI, B. Fischl, A. A. Stevens, N. Rajendran, B. T. T.Yeo, D. N. Greve, K. V. Leemput, J. R. Polimeni, S. Kakunoori, R. L. Buckner, J. Pacheco, D. H. Salat, J. Melcher, M. P. Frosch, B. T. Hyman, P. E. Grant, B. R. Rosen, A. J.W. van der Kouwe, G. C. Wiggins, L. L. Wald, J. C. Augustinack, (2009). NeuroImage (2009).

cortical surface shape and folding analysis

• Cortical Surface Shape Analysis Based on Spherical Wavelets, Yu, P., P.E. Grant, Y. Qi, X. Han, F. Ségonne, R. Pienaar, E. Busa, J. Pacheco, N. Makris, R.L. Buckner, P. Golland, and B. Fischl (2007). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 26(4):582-597.

• Cortical folding development study based on over-complete spherical wavelets Yu, P., B.T.T. Yeo, P.E. Grant, B. Fischl, P. Golland (2007). Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (MMBIA 2007).

• Abnormal cortical folding patterns within Broca's area in schizophrenia: Evidence from structural MRI, Wisco, J.J., G. Kuperberg, D. Manoach, B.T. Quinn, E. Busa, B. Fischl, S. Heckers, A.G. Sorensen (2007). Schizophrenia Research, 94(1-3):317-327.

• Accurate prediction of V1 location from cortical folds in a surface coordinate system, Hinds, O.P., N. Rajendran, J.R. Polimeni, J.C. Augustinack, G. Wiggins, L.L. Wald, H.D. Rosas, A. Potthast, E.L. Schwartz and B. Fischl (2008). NeuroImage 39:1585-1599.

• A Methodology for Analyzing Curvature in the Developing Brain from Preterm to Adult, R.Pienaar, B.Fischl, B.Caviness, N.Makris, P.E.Grant. (2008) International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology Special Issue: Human Brain Imaging, 18(1): 42-68.

• Shape Analysis with Overcomplete Spherical Wavelets B.T.T. Yeo, P. Yu, P.E. Grant, B. Fischl, P. Golland. Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), volume 5241 of LNCS, 468--476, 2008

• Does Retinotopy Influence Cortical Folding in Primate Visual Cortex?, Reza Rajimehr, Roger B.H.Tootell (2009). The Journal of Neuroscience, September 9, 2009 • 29(36):11149 –11152.

• Congenital heart disease affects local gyrification in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, Schaer, M., B. Glaser, M. Bach Cuadra, M. Debbané, J.-P. Thiran, S. Eliez (2009). Dev Med Child Neurol. 51(9):746-53.

surface-based analysis

• A human parietal face area contains aligned head-centered visual and tactile maps, Sereno, M.I. and RS Huang, (2006). Nature Neuroscience 9:1337-1343.

• Enhanced Cortical Activation in the Contralesional Hemisphere of Chronic Stroke Patients in Response to Motor Skill Challenge, Schaechter, J.D., and K.L. Perdue (2007). Cerebral Cortex, 2007 Jun 29 [Epub ahead of print].

• Smoothing and cluster thresholding for cortical surface-based group analysis of fMRI data, Hagler Jr., D.J., A. Pinar Saygin, and M.I. Sereno. NeuroImage (2006), doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.07.036.

diffusion analysis

• The relationship between diffusion tensor imaging and volumetry as measures of white matter properties, Anders M Fjell, Lars T Westlye, Doug N. Greve, Bruce Fischl, Thomas Benner, André J. W. van der Kouwe, David Salat, Atle Bjørnerud, Paulina Due-Tønnessen, Kristine B Walhovd. NeuroImage, in press.

• White matter pathology isolates the hippocampal formation in Alzheimer's disease, D.H. Salat, D.S. Tuch, A.J.W. van der Kouwe, D.N. Greve, V. Pappu, S.Y. Lee, N.D. Hevelone, A.K. Zaleta, J.H. Growdon, S. Corkin, B. Fischl, H.D. Rosas. Neurobiology of Aging 31 (2010) 244–256

• Improved Tractography Alignment Using Combined Volumetric and Surface Registration, Lilla Zollei, Allison Stevens, Kristen Huber, Sita Kakunoori, Bruce Fischl ( 2010). doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.101

• Direct visualization of the perforant pathway in the human brain with ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging, Jean C. Augustinack, Karl Helmer, Kristen E. Huber, Sita Kakunoori, Lilla Zöllei and Bruce Fischl (2010). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, May 2010 | Volume 4 | Article 42.

cortical flat-patches

• Attentional modulation of human auditory cortex, Petkov, C.I., X. Kang, K. Alho, O. Bertrand, W.E. Yund, and D.L. Woods, (2004). Nature Neuroscience 7:658-663.

FS-FAST

• Faces and objects in macaque cerebral cortex, Tsao, D.Y., W.A. Freiwald, T.A. Knutsen, J.B. Mandeville and R.B.H. Tootell, (2003). Nature Neuroscience 6:989-995.

evaluations

• Quantitative evaluation of three cortical surface flattening methods Ju, L., M.K. Hurdal, J. Stern, K. Rehm, K. Schaper, and D. Rottenberg (2005). NeuroImage 28 (2005) 869 – 880.

• A novel quantitative cross-validation of different cortical surface reconstruction algorithms using MRI phantom, Lee, J.K., J.M. Lee, J.S. Kim, I.Y. Kim, A.C. Evans, and S.I. Kim (2006). NeuroImage 31 (2006) 572 – 584.

• Comparative Reliability of Total Intracranial Volume Estimation Methods and the Influence of Atrophy in a Longitudinal Semantic Dementia Cohort, Pengas, G., J.M.S. Pereira, G.B. Williams, P.J. Nesto (2008). J. Neuroimaging 2008;XX:1-10.

• Validation of hippocampal volumes measured using a manual method and two automated methods (FreeSurfer and IBASPM) in chronic major depressive disorder, Tae, W.S, S.S. Kim, K.U. Lee, E.C. Nam, and K.W. Kim (2008). Neuroradiology DOI 10.1007/s00234-008-0383-9.

• In Vivo Hippocampal Measurement and Memory: A Comparison of Manual Tracing and Automated Segmentation in a Large Community-Based Sample, Cherbuin, N., K.J. Anstey, C. Re´glade-Meslin, P.S. Sachdev (2009). PLoS ONE 4(4): e5265. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005265.

• A comparison of automated segmentation and manual tracing for quantifying hippocampal and amygdala volumes, Morey, R.A., C.M. Petty, Y. Xu, J. Pannu Hayes, H.R. Wagner II, D.V. Lewis, K.S. LaBar, M. Styner, G. McCarthy (2009). NeuroImage, article-in-press.

• Comparison of landmark-based and automatic methods for cortical surface registration, Pantazis D., A. Joshi, J. Jiang, D. Shattuck, L.E. Bernstein, H. Damasio, R.M. Leahy (2009). NeuroImage, article-in-press.

• Evaluation of volume-based and surface-based brain image registration methods., Arno Klein, Satrajit S. Ghosh, Brian Avants, B.T.T. Yeo, Bruce Fischl, Babak Ardekani, James C. Gee, J.J. Mann, Ramin V. Parsey. (2010). NeuroImage. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.091

• Comparison of Manual and Automated Determination of Hippocampal Volumes in MCI and Early AD, Li Shen, Andrew J. Saykin, Sungeun Kim, Hiram A. Firpi, John D. West, Shannon L. Risacher, Brenna C. McDonald, Tara L. McHugh, Heather A. Wishart, Laura A. Flashman (2010). Brain Imaging and Behavior (2010) 4:86–95. DOI 10.1007/s11682-010-9088-x.