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Hi Leon, Thank you for using BrainSuite and I am glad that your study was positively received.
I would answer by saying that BrainSuite release is relatively frequent (approximately every 6 months). The latest release has been Feb 19, this year. I think this is more frequent than other competing software. I doubt it can be called outdated due to that reason. Additionally, the interactive GUI and fast processing speed allow rapid experimentation and visualization.
Unless there is some feature that is needed for the study, that is not in BrainSuite, it is unclear why a switch is needed, especially since the results of the analysis seem to be not as expected. But the reviewers seem to like them.Usually, most researchers and different labs have their favorite software and pipelines. The user base of BrainSuite is quite large and is growing.
Additionally, we as developers and maintainers of the software are ready to support and enhance the software.
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One of the unique features of BrainSuite is that the volumetric registration used is ‘surface constrained volumetric registration’. This means that during the registration process, cortical surface and subcortical structures are aligned simultaneously leading to a consistent registration.
Another unique feature is that the cortical thickness analysis used in BrainSuite uses computation of cortical thickness using partial tissue fraction information.
For the subcortex, the total volumes of various structures, as well as gray matter and white matters, are reported in detail by BrainSuite. I am not aware of any other functionality that other software has and is missing in BrainSuite for structural analysis.
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