Hello Freesurfer team,
I'm currently performing QC on the FreeSurfer outputs and noticed that in many scans, there’s consistent inclusion of dura near the occipital lobe and cerebellum, spanning approximately 10–40 slices sometimes. No dura is included in the anterior or middle slices.
I had two questions:
I’ve attached a screenshot from one of the slices for reference. I’d appreciate any suggestions you might have. Thank you.
I'm currently performing QC on the FreeSurfer outputs and noticed that in many scans, there’s consistent inclusion of dura near the occipital lobe and cerebellum, spanning approximately 10–40 slices sometimes. No dura is included in the anterior or middle slices.
I had two questions:
- Do you have any idea why this might be happening? The pial and white matter surfaces look fine throughout.
- What would be the best way to address this? Should I manually remove the dura and regenerate the surfaces — though this is quite labor-intensive, especially when it affects many slices — or should I consider adjusting the -h parameter for more aggressive skull stripping? However, brainmask also look fine in all other regions.
I’ve attached a screenshot from one of the slices for reference. I’d appreciate any suggestions you might have. Thank you.