Table 1.
Name | Free for academic use | Dicom conversion tool integrated | ASL-BIDS support | Supported ASL types | Segmentation basis | PVC used |
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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).