Skull-Stripped ICBM MNI152 Brain Templates (2006 & 2009a, T1w & T2w)

This collection contains commonly used ICBM MNI152 brain templates (T1-weighted and T2-weighted), in both their original form and skull-stripped versions. Skull-stripped files include the suffix "bet" in their filenames.

Included templates:

• ICBM MNI152 2006 T1w symmetric (original + skull-stripped)

• ICBM MNI152 2009a T1w symmetric (original + skull-stripped)

• ICBM MNI152 2009a T2w symmetric (original + skull-stripped)

• ICBM MNI152 2009a T1w asymmetric (original + skull-stripped)

• ICBM MNI152 2009a T2w asymmetric (original + skull-stripped)

These templates originate from the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (MNI) and are publicly available for academic use. Skull-stripping was performed using the HD-BET software package (see citation below).

Citation for original templates: 

• VS Fonov, AC Evans, K Botteron, CR Almli, RC McKinstry, DL Collins and BDCG, Unbiased average age-appropriate atlases for pediatric studies, NeuroImage,Volume 54, Issue 1, January 2011, ISSN 1053–8119, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.033
• VS Fonov, AC Evans, RC McKinstry, CR Almli and DL Collins, Unbiased nonlinear average age-appropriate brain templates from birth to adulthood, NeuroImage, Volume 47, Supplement 1, July 2009, Page S102 Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2009 Annual Meeting, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(09)70884-5

Skull-stripping was performed using the HD-BET software package: 

• F Isensee, M Schell, I Tursunova, G Brugnara, D Bonekamp, U Neuberger, A Wick,  HP Schlemmer, S Heiland, W Wick, M Bendszus, KH Maier-Hein, P Kickingereder. Automated brain extraction of multi-sequence MRI using artificial neural networks. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019; 1–13, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24750