Hi, I am about to start processing some longitudinal data and am looking for appropriate software. I know the Freesurfer allows for longitudinal designs but how appropriate is it to use for developing brains, ie in my sample the subjects are adolescents between 14-20 and they were last scanned three years ago. Since the brain and skull size changes in that time would Freesurfer be able to take that into account and what would be the best way to go about it. I would be most grateful for your advice.
Thank you
Linda
............................................................................ Dr. Linda Campbell, PhD NH&MRC Research fellow & Project Manager University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre Brain & Mental Health
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Hi Linda,
we haven't found any problems in that age range. Down to 3 years old is probably fine, although if you were scanning that young there might be some things we would advise. 1l years old is no problem though.
cheers, Bruce
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Linda.E Campbell wrote:
Hi, I am about to start processing some longitudinal data and am looking for appropriate software. I know the Freesurfer allows for longitudinal designs but how appropriate is it to use for developing brains, ie in my sample the subjects are adolescents between 14-20 and they were last scanned three years ago. Since the brain and skull size changes in that time would Freesurfer be able to take that into account and what would be the best way to go about it. I would be most grateful for your advice.
Thank you
Linda
............................................................................ Dr. Linda Campbell, PhD NH&MRC Research fellow & Project Manager University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre Brain & Mental Health
Affiliations: Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (NISAD)
Mail to:
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