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'''Skull stripping''' is a term used for processes in both [[neuroimaging]] and in [[anatomical]] [[dissection]]s. In neuroimaging, images are typically acquired [[in vivo]] or [[in situ]], i.e. with the [[brain]] inside the [[head]] of a living or dead subject. To analyze the brain separately, its share of the image has to be "peeled off" from the surrounding [[tissue]], mainly the [[skull]], [[skin]] and [[muscles]] of the head. This process is commonly referred to as '''skull stripping''' or '''brain extraction''' and represents an application of [[image segmentation]] techniques specifically to the [[vertebrate]] head. Both terms (and particularly the second) also have older uses, referring to the physical extraction of brain tissue from the head, as is common in anatomical dissections.
'''Skull stripping''' (also known as '''brain extraction''') is a term used to describe the separation of [[brain]] and non-brain [[tissue]] of the head of [[vertebrate]]s, and humans in particular.
 
While having its origins in [[anatomical]] [[dissection]]s (where ''brain extraction'' is more commonly used), the term is nowadays most commonly employed to describe the application of [[image segmentation]] techniques to [[neuroimaging]] data of the vertebrate head. Such data are typically acquired [[in vivo]] or [[in situ]], i.e. with the [[brain]] inside the head of a living or dead subject. To analyze the brain separately, its share of the image has to be "peeled off" from the surrounding tissue, mainly the [[skull]], [[skin]] and [[muscles]] of the head.

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Skull stripping (also known as brain extraction) is a term used to describe the separation of brain and non-brain tissue of the head of vertebrates, and humans in particular.

While having its origins in anatomical dissections (where brain extraction is more commonly used), the term is nowadays most commonly employed to describe the application of image segmentation techniques to neuroimaging data of the vertebrate head. Such data are typically acquired in vivo or in situ, i.e. with the brain inside the head of a living or dead subject. To analyze the brain separately, its share of the image has to be "peeled off" from the surrounding tissue, mainly the skull, skin and muscles of the head.

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