I’m currently working with clinical MRI data and would appreciate your guidance regarding two issues I'm encountering with hippocampal/amygdala segmentation (segmentHA_T1.sh script). My available T1w and T2w scans both have 6 mm slice thickness and are anisotropic and I/m working with FreeSurfer 7.4.1.

Given the slice thickness and anisotropy, is it advisable to use recon-all-clinical instead of the standard recon-all as a preprocessing step? I understand that the segmentation scripts depend on the subject having a full recon-all directory, but I’m unsure whether recon-all-clinical can serve as an alternative for this purpose or if the standard recon-all is strictly required for compatibility with the hippocampal segmentation pipeline.

Would including the T2 scan be helpful if it has the same 6 mm slice thickness and anisotropic resolution as the T1?

Thank you very much for your time and help.