Hi Stefanie,
We have an in-house preschooler version of the script and for 4.5 / 5 yr-olds (depending on your data quality) you could also try to use the regular pipeline. We also wrote up a manual QC / editing guideline for 4-6 year-olds that you might want to look at:
https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/ChildBrainManualEdits
Lilla
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Hi Lilla,

Just following up about this Freesurfer question. I've been using the NIH pediatric atlas for children aged 4.5-8 years old for parts of my analysis.

I'd be interested in hearing about the pipeline for older infants that you mentioned?

Thank you,
Stefanie

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Hi Lilla,

Thank you for your quick response! 

Infant freesurfer is only for use up to age 2, right?

I would be interested in trying the pipeline for older infants. 

And also willing to discuss the lesion issue too.

Thank you!!
Stef


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Hi Stef,

The infant FreeSurfer pipeline does rely on an infant training data set. What atlas did you have in mind?

At the moment, there is no way to include a lesion mask into the pipeline, but I would be happy to discuss that option.

Also, for your population, older infants, we have another pipeline you might want to try. Le me know whether you are interested,

Lilla

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Hi there,
I'm working with MRI scans from children aged 3-6 years old. I was wondering if there's a way to integrate pediatric atlases into the Freesurfer recon-all pipeline? 
I'm also wondering if it's possible to integrate a lesion mask into the pipeline in the case of brain pathology?

Thanks,
Stef

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