Dear FS Experts and Community,

 

we would like to run the recon-all -all pipeline on structural T1w images in a pediatric sample ages 6-9. We intend to assess cortical thickness, surface area, and subcortical volume in both ROIs and for whole brain analyses with Freesurfer and are aware that using the available adult template and atlases may lead to misspecifications. Therefore, we hope you can answer these questions:

1) Are you aware of a pediatric template brain that is compatible with the Freesurfer CT and SA pipeline?

2) Are you aware of a pediatric template brain that comes with a ROI atlas that is compatible with the Freesurfer CT and SA pipeline?

3) If we build a study-specific template brain (potentially with an atlas), what are the technical requirements to be compatible with the recon-all -all pipeline? Do you know which programs for study-specific template brains are compatible with Freesurfer?

 

We look forward to your response

 

Thank you,

 

Laurel and Johannes

 

Jacobs Entwicklungsstudie

 

Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung

Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Lentzeallee 94

14195 Berlin

 

Tel.: 030-824 06 371

E-Mail: jacobs-studie@mpib-berlin.mpg.de