What is Auto_EACSF?

Automatic Extra-Axial Cerebrospinal Fluid (Auto EACSF) is an open-source, interactive tool for automatic computation of brain extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid (EA-CSF) in magnetic resonance image (MRI) scans of infants. Elevated extra-axial fluid volume is a possible biomarker for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Auto EACSF aims to automatically calculate the volume of EA-CSF and could therefore be used for early diagnosis of Autism. Auto EACSF is a user-friendly application that generates a Qt application to calculate the volume of EA-CSF. The application is run through a GUI, but also provides an advanced use mode that allows execution of different steps by themselves via Python and XML scripts.

Build instructions

Requirements: Qt5, Python3 (with packages: itk, numpy)

Build:

1. Get files from Github

   $ git clone https://github.com/NIRALUser/auto_EACSF

2. Make an out-of-source build directory

   $ mkdir ./auto_EACSF-bin
   $ cd auto_EACSF-bin

3. Configure the build

   $ ccmake ../auto_EACSF
   $ make

4. Get the executable

   $ ./bin/auto_EACSF

5. Open the application by typing the line below (do not click to open).

   $ ./Auto_EACSF

Installation Notes: Auto_EACSF generates and then calls a python3 script. For that purpose, a python 3 installation, as well as the python packages itk and numpy, is needed.

How to fix an error?

You can fix an error by utilizing Qtcreator

1. Open Qtcreator
2. Open auto_EACSF source file within Qtcreator
3. Build the application
4. Run on Qtcreator
5. Check console for detailed error message