Dear Freesurfer Users: I'm new to freesurfer and to your website and very much appreciate your time invested in addressing my question!
I'm a physician interested in using freesurfer in a combined structural and functional MRI and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) study using DAT scans (I-123 ioflupane) to quantitatively assess striatal dopamine transporter density. In addition to examining DAT density in toto, I'd like to parcellate the basal ganglia into functional sections and assess DAT density within these segments. Is freesurfer appropriate for these indications? I was told by a colleague that PMOD biomedical information quantification (Zurich) would be preferable for assessment of the nuclear medicine data, but my lab already has and is very familiar with freesurfer and intend using it for the MRI component of the study, so is there any reason freesurfer would not provide a robust method of analysis for the nuclear data? Thank you again for your time! Sincerely, Frank Schraml _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.
