Thank you Bruce.
So what should I do.
Shall I just take one of the mprage values or is it a good idea to get the
average from two mprages for each structure. Can longitudinal run be
helpful?
Please suggest.
Thank you!
Rashmi

On 3/14/13 12:09 PM, "Bruce Fischl" <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:

>Hi Rashmi
>
>of course they are different - there is noise in the scans and motion and
>other sources of corruption! The amount of difference will depend on the
>structure and the quality of the data.
>
>cheers
>Bruce
>On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, Rashmi Singh
>wrote:
>
>> Hello experts,
>>    I am doing volumetric studies where I am comparing the subcortical
>> structures volumes among different experimental groups.
>> I usually  do two mprages on one subject in a single scan at two
>> time-points. I run recon all on both mprages for a single subjects. To
>>my
>> surprise the volumes of same structure of a single subject calculated by
>> freesurfer using two mprages are different.
>> 
>> I did longitudinal run using the two mprages from same subject, however
>>then
>> also the volumes show differences.
>> 
>> May you please advise me what to do.
>> Thanks,
>> Rashmi
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
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