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[wiki:InternalFreeSurferDistributions Information for internal (Martinos Center) users]
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FreeSurferAnalysisPipelineOverview - Overview of the FreeSurfer analysis pipeline.
WorkFlows - Information on the how the FreeSurfer tools are used in a processing stream.
ArticlesSlidesAndPosters - Background describing the techniques used in the FreeSurfer tools, and their usage in research.
["Tutorials"] - A walk-through of a FreeSurfer work-flow, covering editing and troubleshooting techniques in-depth, as well as a group study example.
["ToolsAndCommands"] - GUI and command-line tool documentation.
FileFormats - Description of native FreeSurfer file formats, as well as external file formats used by FreeSurfer.
CoordinateSystems - Details on the voxel and RAS coordinate systems used in FreeSurfer.
DevelopersGuide - Information for developers of the FreeSurfer code-base (Martinos Center internal).

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Articles describing the techniques used in FreeSurfer ([http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/martinos/userInfo/data/cite.php please cite our software!]):

surface reconstruction:

[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/dale99-recon1.pdf Cortical Surface-Based Analysis I: Segmentation and Surface Reconstruction], Dale, A.M., Fischl, B., Sereno, M.I., (1999). NeuroImage 9(2):179-194
[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/fischl99b-recon2.pdf Cortical Surface-Based Analysis II: Inflation, Flattening, and a Surface-Based Coordinate System], Fischl, B., Sereno, M.I., Dale, A.M., (1999). NeuroImage, 9(2):195-207.
[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/fischl01-topology-fixing.pdf Automated Manifold Surgery: Constructing Geometrically Accurate and Topologically Correct Models of the Human Cerebral Cortex], Fischl, B., Liu, A. and Dale, A.M., (2001). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 20(1):70-80.
[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/dalesereno93-ms.pdf Improved localization of cortical activity by combining EEG and MEG with MRI cortical surface reconstruction: A linear approach], Dale, A.M., and Sereno, M.I. (1993). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 5:162-176.
[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/segonne05.pdf A Hybrid Approach to the Skull-Stripping Problem in MRI], Ségonne, F., Dale, A.M., Busa, E., Glessner, M., Salvolini, U., Hahn, H.K., Fischl, B. (2004). NeuroImage, 22:1160-1075.

inter-subject spherical averaging:

[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/fischl99-morphing.pdf High-resolution inter-subject averaging and a coordinate system for the cortical surface], Fischl, B., Sereno, M.I., Tootell, R.B.H., and Dale, A.M., (1999). Human Brain Mapping, 8:272-284(1999).

thickness measurement:

[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/fischl00-cortical-thickness.pdf Measuring the Thickness of the Human Cerebral Cortex from Magnetic Resonance Images], Fischl, B., and Dale, A.M., (2000). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97:11044-11049.

cortical parcellation:

[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/fischl04-parcellation.pdf Automatically Parcellating the Human Cerebral Cortex], Fischl et al., (2004). Cerebral Cortex, 14:11-22.

subcortical segmentation:

[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/montillo02-labeling.pdf Whole Brain Segmentation: Automated Labeling of Neuroanatomical Structures in the Human Brain], Montillo et al., (2002). Neuron, 33:341-355.
[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/ftp/articles/fischl04-segmentation.pdf Sequence-Independent Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images], Fischl, B., Salat. D.H., van der Kouwe, A.J.W., Makris, N., Ségonne, F., and Dale, A.M. (2004) NeuroImage Jul;22(3):1060-75.