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1.0 Create pseudo CT images

  1. Download the NIFTI images for your T1 sequence
    • Go to Project > Actions > Download images
    • Select sessions, scan data type (NIFTI), scan type (Fig.1)

    Download NIFTI images
    Fig.1 Download NIFTI images.
    • Unzip the archive. To extract the compressed NIFTI files from the directory structure, run command from the data folder: cp ./*/*/NIFTI/*.gz ./


  1. Upload the NIFTI files to CT synthesis tool (Fig.2)
    • Go to http://niftyweb.cs.ucl.ac.uk/program.php?p=PCT
    • Enter email, select Input Image Modality T1-weighted MRI, Parameters Optimise for accuracy
    • Select 5 files at a time
    • It takes about an hour for one file to process

    Online CT synthesis tool
    Fig.2 Online CT synthesis tool.



Neuroenergetics of the human brain @ TUM, Germany