parcellation

noun — 2 senses

parcellation

noun

Etymology From parcel + -ation.

1

division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land.

2

Medicine, Neuroscience, Sciences A map or annotation associating spatial locations (e.g., voxels) with parcel identities (e.g., anatomically or functionally circumscribed regions); the map or annotation that results from or delineates the results of parcellation (sense 1)

Medical imaging

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