Hi Michelle
that's a tough question. We don't have a ton of experience with it one way or the other, but if I had to pick one I would pick FLAIR as long as you are getting a 3D FLAIR with around 1mm voxels
cheers Bruce On Mon, 18 Jul 2016, Michelle T Kassel wrote:
Hello,
I am beginning a new study and would like to determine the optimal T2 acquisition parameters for improved pial surface results from FreeSurfer. I am wondering if there is a difference in using a T2 or T2-FLAIR. I have found a discussion post from 2014 which provided useful information(https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pipermail//freesurfer/2014-July/039580.ht ml), however, it seems from reading the post that newer developments were underway, and I was wondering if I could get an updated answer to the question:
is there any difference from freesurfer's perspective of using T2-space or T2-space-flair?
Thank you for your help!
Michelle