I'm not, either, but I think some good brains are working on it (not mine).
Jason Hill and Andy Knutsen developed a semi-automated method:
http://brainvis.wustl.edu/LIGASE/
On 03/31/2011 07:53 AM, Lilla Zollei wrote:
Hi Adam,
No, Freesurfer is not able to extract the neonatal cortical ribbon and I am not aware of other automatic research tools that would be able to do that.
Lilla
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:38:26 -0500 From: "Eggebrecht, Adam" eggebrechta@mir.wustl.edu To: "freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu" freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Subject: [Freesurfer] Baby's cortical ribbon?
Hello there,
Is FreeSurfer able to extract the neonatal cortical ribbon? Typically babies have a much better contrast with their T2 than with their T1. I know FS uses the T1 so I assume babies are not well handled by the usual processing. If not FS, are you aware of another suite which can extract the cortical surface for babies, or using the T2?
Many thanks!
Adam
Adam T. Eggebrecht, Ph.D. Dept. of Radiology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 314-362-6942