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The authors assessedthereproducibilityof2automatedsegmentationsoftwarepackages(FreeSurferandthe FMRIB Integrated Registration and Segmentation Tool) by quantifying the volume changes of deep GM structures by using back-to-back MR imaging scans from the Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative's multicenter dataset in 562 subjects. Back-to-back differences in 1-year percentage volume change were approximately 1.5–3.5 times larger than the mean measured 1-year volume change of those structures. They conclude that longitudinal deep GM atrophy measures should be interpreted with caution and that deep GM atrophy measurement techniques require substantially improved reproducibility, specifically when aiming for personalized medicine.