Re: [Freesurfer] Using FreeSurfer Suggested Morphometry Sequences

2015-08-19 Thread Lee Tirrell

You can run this command to incorporate the T2 image:
recon-all -i /path/to/MEMPRAGE -T2 /path/to/T2 -T2pial -s subject_name -all

After completing, this will produce ?h.pial which use the T2 image, and 
?h.woT2.pial which are the same pial surfaces as recon-all without T2 input.


Best,
Lee

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Bruce Fischl wrote:

no, there is a post-hoc recon-all target you can use. -T2 or -T2pial or 
something. Sorry, I don't remember, maybe someone else can fill in the 
details


Bruce

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, John Pyles wrote:


Hi Bruce,

Thanks so much! We do have a bandwidth matched T2-space. So should that be 
fed into recon-all at the same time as the MEMPRAGE as a second series?


best,
John




On 8/18/15, at Tue,Aug 18 - 8:32:00 PM, Bruce Fischl 
fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu wrote:


Hi John

the MEFLASH never achieved as good cortical contrast as the memprage, so 
for cotical stuff we still recomment memprage. And yes, feeding the RMS to 
recon-all will be fine. If you can get a readout/bandwidth matched 
T2-space or FLAIR that can be a pretty big help as well for avoiding dura


cheers
Bruce

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, John Pyles wrote:


Hi all,

We have recently installed the FreeSurfer suggested morphometry sequences 
on our Siemens Verio 3T. Specifically, the multiecho MPRAGE (MEMPRAGE), 
and multiecho FLASH (MEFLASH). Our goal is to get the best FreeSurfer 
reconstruction results possible for use with fMRI surface analyses, 
diffusion imaging, and other purposes. For the current project, scan time 
is not at a premium since we have 60-90min budgeted for anatomical and 
diffusion weighted scans. We’re just looking for the best results.


However, after looking through the wiki and email archives, I’m having a 
hard time figuring out what the most up to date recommendations are for 
what sequences to use and how to use them with recon-all.


Some specific questions:

1) The original 2009 Suggested Morphometry Protocols” document, the 
MEFLASH seems to be recommended as the best sequence to use for 
whole-brain segmentation. But other more recent posts to the email list 
suggest using MEMPRAGE as the default protocol. We also have a very nice 
T2-SPACE protocol we’ve been running. What is the current recommendation?


2) Is the procedure for using MEMPRAGE with recon-all to just input the 
RMS scan and not the 4 different echos?


3) Is it possible to use the MEFLASH scans with recon-all? If so, how are 
they input and is processing of the two different echo time scans 
required before running recon-all? The wiki entry on MEF is from 2008, so 
I’m not sure what’s happened since then.


4) What is the current recommendation on using the -3T and -mprage flags 
with recon-all?


5) Since we are scanning on a Siemens Verio instead of the TIM Trio 
scanners I believe the sequences were developed on, we have had to modify 
some protocol parameters. If anyone has been successfully scanning 
MEFLASH and/or MEMPRAGE on a Verio or possibly Skyra and has good 
parameters to use that would be great. Our test scans look good, but 
there is always room for improvement.


6) Finally, is 1mm isovoxel still recommended? Or should we try to push 
the resolution below 1mm?


Thanks so much in advance for any advice!

best regards,
John

__

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Research Scientist
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
email: jpy...@cmu.edu
phone: 206.552.0107
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Re: [Freesurfer] Using FreeSurfer Suggested Morphometry Sequences

2015-08-18 Thread Bruce Fischl
no, there is a post-hoc recon-all target you can use. -T2 or -T2pial or 
something. Sorry, I don't remember, maybe someone else can fill in the 
details


Bruce

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, John Pyles wrote:


Hi Bruce,

Thanks so much! We do have a bandwidth matched T2-space. So should that be fed 
into recon-all at the same time as the MEMPRAGE as a second series?

best,
John





On 8/18/15, at Tue,Aug 18 - 8:32:00 PM, Bruce Fischl 
fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu wrote:

Hi John

the MEFLASH never achieved as good cortical contrast as the memprage, so for 
cotical stuff we still recomment memprage. And yes, feeding the RMS to 
recon-all will be fine. If you can get a readout/bandwidth matched T2-space or 
FLAIR that can be a pretty big help as well for avoiding dura

cheers
Bruce

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, John Pyles wrote:


Hi all,

We have recently installed the FreeSurfer suggested morphometry sequences on 
our Siemens Verio 3T. Specifically, the multiecho MPRAGE (MEMPRAGE), and 
multiecho FLASH (MEFLASH). Our goal is to get the best FreeSurfer 
reconstruction results possible for use with fMRI surface analyses, diffusion 
imaging, and other purposes. For the current project, scan time is not at a 
premium since we have 60-90min budgeted for anatomical and diffusion weighted 
scans. We’re just looking for the best results.

However, after looking through the wiki and email archives, I’m having a hard 
time figuring out what the most up to date recommendations are for what 
sequences to use and how to use them with recon-all.

Some specific questions:

1) The original 2009 Suggested Morphometry Protocols” document, the MEFLASH 
seems to be recommended as the best sequence to use for whole-brain segmentation. 
But other more recent posts to the email list suggest using MEMPRAGE as the default 
protocol. We also have a very nice T2-SPACE protocol we’ve been running. What is the 
current recommendation?

2) Is the procedure for using MEMPRAGE with recon-all to just input the RMS 
scan and not the 4 different echos?

3) Is it possible to use the MEFLASH scans with recon-all? If so, how are they 
input and is processing of the two different echo time scans required before 
running recon-all? The wiki entry on MEF is from 2008, so I’m not sure what’s 
happened since then.

4) What is the current recommendation on using the -3T and -mprage flags with 
recon-all?

5) Since we are scanning on a Siemens Verio instead of the TIM Trio scanners I 
believe the sequences were developed on, we have had to modify some protocol 
parameters. If anyone has been successfully scanning MEFLASH and/or MEMPRAGE on 
a Verio or possibly Skyra and has good parameters to use that would be great. 
Our test scans look good, but there is always room for improvement.

6) Finally, is 1mm isovoxel still recommended? Or should we try to push the 
resolution below 1mm?

Thanks so much in advance for any advice!

best regards,
John

__

John Pyles, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
email: jpy...@cmu.edu
phone: 206.552.0107
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Re: [Freesurfer] Using FreeSurfer Suggested Morphometry Sequences

2015-08-18 Thread John Pyles
Hi Bruce,

Thanks so much! We do have a bandwidth matched T2-space. So should that be fed 
into recon-all at the same time as the MEMPRAGE as a second series? 

best,
John




 On 8/18/15, at Tue,Aug 18 - 8:32:00 PM, Bruce Fischl 
 fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu wrote:
 
 Hi John
 
 the MEFLASH never achieved as good cortical contrast as the memprage, so for 
 cotical stuff we still recomment memprage. And yes, feeding the RMS to 
 recon-all will be fine. If you can get a readout/bandwidth matched T2-space 
 or FLAIR that can be a pretty big help as well for avoiding dura
 
 cheers
 Bruce
 
 On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, John Pyles wrote:
 
 Hi all,
 
 We have recently installed the FreeSurfer suggested morphometry sequences on 
 our Siemens Verio 3T. Specifically, the multiecho MPRAGE (MEMPRAGE), and 
 multiecho FLASH (MEFLASH). Our goal is to get the best FreeSurfer 
 reconstruction results possible for use with fMRI surface analyses, 
 diffusion imaging, and other purposes. For the current project, scan time is 
 not at a premium since we have 60-90min budgeted for anatomical and 
 diffusion weighted scans. We’re just looking for the best results.
 
 However, after looking through the wiki and email archives, I’m having a 
 hard time figuring out what the most up to date recommendations are for what 
 sequences to use and how to use them with recon-all.
 
 Some specific questions:
 
 1) The original 2009 Suggested Morphometry Protocols” document, the MEFLASH 
 seems to be recommended as the best sequence to use for whole-brain 
 segmentation. But other more recent posts to the email list suggest using 
 MEMPRAGE as the default protocol. We also have a very nice T2-SPACE protocol 
 we’ve been running. What is the current recommendation?
 
 2) Is the procedure for using MEMPRAGE with recon-all to just input the RMS 
 scan and not the 4 different echos?
 
 3) Is it possible to use the MEFLASH scans with recon-all? If so, how are 
 they input and is processing of the two different echo time scans required 
 before running recon-all? The wiki entry on MEF is from 2008, so I’m not 
 sure what’s happened since then.
 
 4) What is the current recommendation on using the -3T and -mprage flags 
 with recon-all?
 
 5) Since we are scanning on a Siemens Verio instead of the TIM Trio scanners 
 I believe the sequences were developed on, we have had to modify some 
 protocol parameters. If anyone has been successfully scanning MEFLASH and/or 
 MEMPRAGE on a Verio or possibly Skyra and has good parameters to use that 
 would be great. Our test scans look good, but there is always room for 
 improvement.
 
 6) Finally, is 1mm isovoxel still recommended? Or should we try to push the 
 resolution below 1mm?
 
 Thanks so much in advance for any advice!
 
 best regards,
 John
 
 __
 
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 Research Scientist
 Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
 Department of Psychology
 Carnegie Mellon University
 email: jpy...@cmu.edu
 phone: 206.552.0107
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Re: [Freesurfer] Using FreeSurfer Suggested Morphometry Sequences

2015-08-18 Thread Bruce Fischl

Hi John

the MEFLASH never achieved as good cortical contrast as the memprage, so 
for cotical stuff we still recomment memprage. And yes, feeding the RMS to 
recon-all will be fine. If you can get a readout/bandwidth matched T2-space 
or FLAIR that can be a pretty big help as well for avoiding dura


cheers
Bruce

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, John Pyles wrote:


Hi all,

We have recently installed the FreeSurfer suggested morphometry sequences on 
our Siemens Verio 3T. Specifically, the multiecho MPRAGE (MEMPRAGE), and 
multiecho FLASH (MEFLASH). Our goal is to get the best FreeSurfer 
reconstruction results possible for use with fMRI surface analyses, diffusion 
imaging, and other purposes. For the current project, scan time is not at a 
premium since we have 60-90min budgeted for anatomical and diffusion weighted 
scans. We’re just looking for the best results.

However, after looking through the wiki and email archives, I’m having a hard 
time figuring out what the most up to date recommendations are for what 
sequences to use and how to use them with recon-all.

Some specific questions:

1) The original 2009 Suggested Morphometry Protocols” document, the MEFLASH 
seems to be recommended as the best sequence to use for whole-brain segmentation. 
But other more recent posts to the email list suggest using MEMPRAGE as the default 
protocol. We also have a very nice T2-SPACE protocol we’ve been running. What is the 
current recommendation?

2) Is the procedure for using MEMPRAGE with recon-all to just input the RMS 
scan and not the 4 different echos?

3) Is it possible to use the MEFLASH scans with recon-all? If so, how are they 
input and is processing of the two different echo time scans required before 
running recon-all? The wiki entry on MEF is from 2008, so I’m not sure what’s 
happened since then.

4) What is the current recommendation on using the -3T and -mprage flags with 
recon-all?

5) Since we are scanning on a Siemens Verio instead of the TIM Trio scanners I 
believe the sequences were developed on, we have had to modify some protocol 
parameters. If anyone has been successfully scanning MEFLASH and/or MEMPRAGE on 
a Verio or possibly Skyra and has good parameters to use that would be great. 
Our test scans look good, but there is always room for improvement.

6) Finally, is 1mm isovoxel still recommended? Or should we try to push the 
resolution below 1mm?

Thanks so much in advance for any advice!

best regards,
John

__

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Research Scientist
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
email: jpy...@cmu.edu
phone: 206.552.0107
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