Training Schedule
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Registration / Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 9:45 |
Lecture: Biological basis of fMRI
fMRI mechanisms; spatial and temporal limitations of BOLD techniques; non-BOLD fMRI. |
Kamil Ugurbil |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Coffee Break * | |
| 10:15 - 11:45 |
Lecture: Analysis
General linear model - assumptions and common forms; model-free methods. |
Steve Engel |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch at the CMRR | |
| 1:00 - 5:00 |
Hands-On Data Acquisition
Students will break into 2 groups, spending 2 hours acquiring data at the Siemens 3T scanner and 2 hours on the Siemens 7T scanner. 16-channel coil; SE. Finger mapping, also, but with slices that go through basal ganglia and inferior temporal lobe to get drop-out & distortion. |
CMRR staff |
* Speakers will participate in lunches and coffee breaks on both days, being available for informal discussion.
| 8:30 - 8:45 AM | Breakfast | |
| 8:45 - 10:00 |
Lecture: Imaging Sequences, Artifacts and Acquisition Strategies
Susceptibility artifacts and acquisition strategies for avoiding them; shimming for high resolution at high field. |
Xiaoping Hu |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Coffee Break * | |
| 10:15 - 11:45 |
Lecture/Demo: Distortion, signal loss and physiological noise
Signal loss and distortion; physiological and motion artifacts at high field. |
Cheryl Olman |
| 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch at the CMRR | |
| 1:00 - 2:15 |
Lecture/Demo: Data Quality & Analysis I
Throughout the afternoon we will have interactive demonstrations of analysis methods in various software packages. Checking data quality; implementation of distortion compensation, slice-time correction (?) and motion compensation in common software packages. |
John Strupp (Stimulate), Becky Deason (SPM) |
| 2:15 - 2:45 | Coffee Break * | |
| 2:45 - 4:15 |
Lecture/Demo: Data Analysis II
Implementation of moco, stc, GLM and ICA in common analysis packages. Surface-based vis. |
Jim Porter (FSL), Teresa Kimberley (Brain Voyager) |