Hi FreeSurfer devs,

 

Thanks for the program! I am assisting in a study comparing structural neuroimaging data between groups. Some of the MRI files exist as .dcm, while others exist as .IMA. Given the variability in FreeSurfer outputs noted here: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "secure-web.cisco.com" claiming to be https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038234, is it a sound practice for me to run recon-all on both dicom and IMA files within the same study? Or should I convert all files to NIFTI, and run analyses on those files (to eliminate the potential influence of filetype on output)?

 

I only ask because I’ve already run recon-all on quite a few IMA files, and would have to re-do these scripts if it’s better for me to convert to nifti first.

 

I look forward to your response, and thanks again for all the work that you lot do!

Nate