Dear FreeSurfer Developers,
I seek clarification regarding a discrepancy in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volume measurements obtained using different FreeSurfer tools.
In my analysis, I measured CSF volume using both recon-all-clinical.sh and SAMSEG for the same subject. However, the results were significantly different:
recon-all-clinical: 236,073.36 mm³ (~236 mL) SAMSEG: 471,854.76 mm³ (~472 mL) Additionally, I conducted SAMSEG on 10 neurologically healthy subjects, and in all cases, the CSF volume was at least twice the normal average CSF volume (~150 mL) reported in the literature.
I would appreciate any insights into the following questions:
Why is there such a large discrepancy between the two methods? Which method provides a more reliable estimate of total CSF volume? Why are the estimated CSF volumes significantly higher than the known physiological average?
Thank you for your time and assistance!
Best regards, Nima