[Freesurfer] GPU/supercomputer adaptation of freesurfer?

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Hi,

I'm planning a freesurfer analysis of a large MRI dataset, and want to use the "380 GPU nodes" (and other cores/nodes) on the Palmetto Cluster (https://www.palmetto.clemson.edu/palmetto/userguide_palmetto_overview.html) to speed up the process. Since I am not a programmer, I'm hoping someone can give me a quick tutorial:

a) Is this going to speed up recon-all and the data analysis?

b) How much programming/expertise is required to enable freesurfer to take advantage of a supercomputer's resources?

c) Has anyone done this already?

d) The Palmetto Cluster is more or less limited to command-line. As long as I visualize the data on another system, I assume this will not be a problem, right?

Thanks,

John R. Absher, MD

jabsher@ghs.orgmailto:jabsher@ghs.org GHS Neuroscience Associates University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville 864-350-6655 (mobile)