Table 1:

Accuracy of the automatic methods for estimating ICV compared with manual delineationa

FreeSurferOpt FreeSurferRBMRBM MultiARBMARBM Multi
Volume difference (mL)
    Mean (SD)111.25 (53.62)0.21 (53.02)−9.17 (42.34)2.49 (26.72)−0.07 (41.64)30.29 (26.75)
    Absolute mean (SD)111.25 (53.62)40.11 (33.86)34.38 (25.63)20.66 (16.69)34.57 (22.31)33.71 (22.12)
Volume difference (%)
    DIFF (SD)7.3 (3.7)−0.1 (3.5)−0.6 (2.7)0.1 (1.7)−0.1 (2.6)1.9 (1.7)
    ADIFF (SD)7.3 (3.7)2.6 (2.3)2.2 (1.6)1.3 (1.1)2.2 (1.4)2.1 (1.3)
ICC0.960.960.970.990.970.99
Dice overlap (mean) (SD)NAbNAb0.96 (0.01)0.97 (0.01)0.96 (0.01)0.97 (0.00)
  • Note:—DIFF indicates volume difference; ADIFF, absolute volume difference; NA, not applicable.

  • a Positive differences indicate that the manual measurements were larger.

  • b Calculation not possible because FreeSurfer does not produce an ICV mask.