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This seems like a very specific piece of software so I'm wondering why it has garnered enough votes to make it to the front page - is there something particular
by hatmatrix 5y ago
This seems like a very specific piece of software so I'm wondering why it has garnered enough votes to make it to the front page - is there something particular about this code base or software program that I should be paying attention to?
- reom_tobit 5y agoI’m just here for the phrase “Skullstripping”. Jokes aside, I think niche software like this is everything HN is about (at least to me). I have no knowledge of MRIs, beyond getting on last year, but seeing this had made me start to research how I would get my brain data back from the NHS to play around with it and see what idiocy I can get up to.
- dangom 5y agoIt's one of the most popular software packages within the brain MR community. There are many alternatives, but FreeSurfer is one of the first and most robust packages that allows researchers to segment (divide the imaged tissue into classes: white matter, gray matter, cerebral spinal fluid), parcellate (add labels to different brain regions), and generate cortical surface models that can be used to quantify cortical thickness across the human brain. FreeSurfer is also very influential because it offers a bunch of utility tools for doing analysis/stats on brain images and cortical surfaces, and these tools can be easily combined with other popular neuroimaging software packages.
- ska 5y agoI think, like blender, it overlaps with interests of a lot of people who end up here - an people have done some very cool projects with it. It's also a good example of something pretty rare: a long lived, decently made and supported project that facilitates a lot of other peoples research.