Cancer Imaging Phenomics Toolkit (CaPTk)  1.5.1
Skull Stripping


This tool extracts the brain from a brain MRI scan, based on an ITK filter.

REQUIREMENTS:

  1. An input image.

USAGE:

  1. Launch the tool using the 'Preprocessing' -> 'Skull Stripping' menu option.
  2. Specify the a reference atlas and its corresponding reference brain mask. Note that these fields are pre-populated by default using the SRI-24 atlas [1].
  3. Specify the input image for brain extraction and the output filename.
  4. Click on 'Confirm'.
  5. The output image is saved in the specified folder.

References

  1. T.Rohlfing, N.M.Zahr, E.V.Sullivan, A.Pfefferbaum, "The SRI24 multichannel atlas of normal adult human brain structure", Human Brain Mapping, 31(5):798-819, 2010. DOI:10.1002/hbm.20906