beast_prepareADNIlib
prepare an ADNI library for use with BEaST brain extraction
beast_prepareADNIlib <library_dir>
DESCRIPTION
beast_prepareADNIlib is a Bash script that prepares ADNI (Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative) brain image data into a library format compatible with mincbeast brain extraction. The script downloads and processes ADNI brain images, normalizes them, and organizes the resulting volumes and brain masks into the directory structure expected by the BEaST segmentation library.
The prepared library contains normalized template volumes and their corresponding manually segmented brain masks at multiple resolutions. These are used as the training library for the patch-based label fusion approach in mincbeast.
The library_dir argument specifies the target directory where the prepared library will be created. The directory will be populated with the necessary volume files, mask files, and configuration files.
OPTIONS
beast_prepareADNIlib does not accept option flags. The single argument is positional.
<library_dir>- Target directory where the ADNI library will be created and populated.
EXAMPLES
Prepare the ADNI library in a specified directory:
beast_prepareADNIlib /opt/beast/ADNI_library
AUTHOR
Simon Fristed Eskildsen, Pierrick Coupe - McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University.
COPYRIGHTS
Copyright © 2011 by Simon Fristed Eskildsen and Pierrick Coupe