This corresponds to the non-cortical areas of the medial wall and 
subcortical structures (hippo, amyg, etc) that the surface must pass 
through to create a closed surface.
doug

On 04/30/2012 01:07 PM, Steven Korycinski wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>     When using TkMedit to view aparc+aseg.mgz for the subjects of my
> research study I've noticed that in each of their images there exists
> at least some portion of the cortex labeled as"unknown" in the
> temporal lobe of the brain. As an example, in the image I've attached
> to this email there's a particularly large area labeled as
> "ctx-rh-unknown" in the right temporal lobe (left side of the image).
> Can anyone explain why such a large area labeled as "unknown" might
> exist in this image, and why similar smaller areas like this exist in
> all of my other subjects as well?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Steve
>
>
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