no, it does not need contrast (in fact contrast would make it more difficult for FreeSurfer to process the data)
cheers Bruce On Wed, 27 Mar 2019, mustafa amin wrote: > External Email - Use Caution > > Hi Bruce, > > I mentioned and showed the MP-RAGE protocol along with 3D acquisition, > sagittal and 1 mm isotropic. According to the radiologist and the operator it > needs contrast that will be injected to the patient. Is it true? Please > confirm and share some thoughts with me. Thank you in advance. > > Yours faithfully, > > Mustafa M. Amin > Consultant Psychiatrist in Biological Psychiatry > Department of Psychiatry > Faculty of Medicine > Universitas Sumatera Utara > >> On 26 Mar 2019, at 21.24, Bruce Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote: >> >> Hi Mustafa >> >> what type of scanner are you using? A normal mprage should be fine. >> Typically we acquire sagittaly as that is the shortest air-to-air >> direction. Make sure that the acquisition is 3D and around 1mm isotropic. >> We may have a protocol you can use depending on your scanner hardware and >> software >> cheers >> Bruce >> >> >>> On Tue, 26 Mar 2019, mustafa amin wrote: >>> >>> External Email - Use Caution >>> >>> Dear Douglas, >>> >>> I mentioned your suggestion i.e., multiecho mprage at about 1 mm, however >>> the radiologist and operator of the MRI did not understand with the term. >>> Can you explain it further please? We never done it before, here in Medan >>> Indonesia. This is the first time we are going to do it. And, do you have >>> suggestion for the MRI slice? Coronal, sagittal or else? Thank you in >>> advance. >>> >>> Yours faithfully, >>> >>> Mustafa M. Amin >>> Consultant Psychiatrist in Biological Psychiatry >>> Department of Psychiatry >>> Faculty of Medicine >>> Universitas Sumatera Utara >>> >>>> On 22 Feb 2019, at 00.10, Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I highly recommend the multiecho mprage at about 1mm. >>>> >>>>> On 2/21/19 10:30 AM, Bruce Fischl wrote: >>>>> Hi Mustafa >>>>> >>>>> FreeSurfer should work fine with many image protocols. If you have the >>>>> freedom to choose one, Andre van der Kouwe (ccd) can point you at the >>>>> sequence he developed for Siemens. If you are using a different scanner >>>>> give us the details and we can recommend something >>>>> >>>>> cheers >>>>> Bruce >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 21 Feb >>>>> 2019, mustafa amin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> External Email - Use Caution >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear member, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am really new with this freesurfer, just need to ask 1 question. Is >>>>>> there a special image protocol before running the MRI and then upload it >>>>>> to freesurfer? Please share your thoughts. Thank you for your kind >>>>>> attention and cooperation. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yours faithfully, >>>>>> >>>>>> Mustafa M. Amin >>>>>> Consultant Psychiatrist in Biological Psychiatry >>>>>> Department of Psychiatry >>>>>> Faculty of Medicine >>>>>> Universitas Sumatera Utara >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Freesurfer mailing list >>>>>> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >>>>>> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Freesurfer mailing list >>>>> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >>>>> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Freesurfer mailing list >>>> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >>>> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Freesurfer mailing list >>> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >>> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freesurfer mailing list >> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer
