SUNRISE EDUCATIONAL COURSE
Absolute Beginners' Guide to Anatomical & Functional MRI of the Brain
ORGANIZERS: Peter A. Bandettini, Ph.D. & Karla L. Miller, Ph.D.
 
SKILL LEVEL: Basic
Tuesday - Friday, 10-13 May 2011
OVERVIEW
This four-hour basic level course, taking place over four mornings, will cover both functional and anatomic data collection principles and basic data analysis methods, and will be given by physicists, statisticians and experts in fMRI and MRI in general. The overall goal of this course is to provide a basic perspective and some practical guidelines for basic research with fMRI, perfusion MRI and anatomic MRI techniques. Lectures will discuss basics of these commonly techniques.
 
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course participants should be able to:
« Describe the mechanisms of blood oxygen level dependent contrast;
 « Identify the optimal pulse sequence for performing fMRI given a set of constraints;
 « Describe the steps to take when creating a fractional anisotropy map;
 « List the basic steps, assumptions involved, and limitations of track tracing;
 « Recommend at least three applications of diffusion imaging;
 « Compare non-invasive and invasive perfusion imaging methods; and
« List at least two standard brain atlases.
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Tuesday    
  Moderator: Thomas M. Talavage, Ph.D.  
07:00 Functional MRI   Christina Triantafyllou, Ph.D.
07:30 Functional MRI Analysis   Robert W. Cox, Ph.D.
08:00 Adjourn  
     
Wednesday    
  Moderator: Joelle E. Sarlls, Ph.D.  
07:00 Diffusion Imaging   Jacques-Donald Tournier, Ph.D.
07:30 Diffusion Imaging Processing   Susumu M. Mori, Ph.D.
08:00 Adjourn  
     
Thursday    
  Moderator: Ziad S. Saad, Ph.D.  
07:00 Registration, Segmentation & Atlases   D. Louis Collins, Ph.D.
07:30 Surface & Voxel-Based Analyses   -permission withheld Douglas N. Greve, Ph.D.
08:00 Adjourn  
     
Friday    
  Moderator: Thomas T. Liu, Ph.D.  
07:00 Perfusion Imaging   Matthias Günther, Ph.D.
07:30  Perfusion Processing   Michael A. Chappell, Ph.D.
08:00 Adjourn