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.org

GHS Neuroscience Associates

University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

864-350-6655 (mobile)