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. 2022 Jun 14;2:929533. doi: 10.3389/fradi.2022.929533

Table 1.

GUIs for ASL processing.

Name Free for academic use Dicom conversion tool integrated ASL-BIDS support Supported ASL types Segmentation basis PVC used
ASL-MRICloud (10, 21) yes no NIfTI supported, JSON not used PASL, PCASL, multi-PLD T1w-MRICloud tool no
ASLtbx (22) yes no NIfTI supported PASL, PCASL, multi-PLD SPM-based yes
BASIL asl_gui (23) yes no NIfTI supported, ASL-BIDS in development PASL, PCASL, multi-PLD, time-encoded, velocity-selective FSL-FAST yes
ExploreASL GUI (12) yes yes, using dcm2niix yes, full support of ASL-BIDS PASL, PCASL, multi-PLD, time-encoded SPM-CAT12 yes
Quantiphyse (ASL) (24) yes yes, using dcm2niix NIfTI supported, ASL-BIDS in development PASL, PCASL, multi-PLD, time-encoded, velocity-selective FSL-FAST yes
VANDPIRE ASL toolkit (11) yes yes NIfTI not supported PCASL, multi-PLD FSL-FAST, or Elastix no

ASL, arterial spin labeling; BIDS: brain imaging data structure; DICOM, digital imaging and communications in medicine; GUI, graphical user interface; JSON, javascript object notation; multi-PLD, multi-post-labeling delay; NIfTI, neuroimaging informatics technology initiative; PASL, pulsed ASL; PCASL, pseudo-continuous ASL; PVC, partial volume correction; T1w, T1-weighted. Full details can be found under (25).