Course Features
Course Description
This team taught, multidisciplinary course covers the fundamentals of magnetic resonance imaging relevant to the conduct and interpretation of human brain mapping studies. The challenges inherent in advancing our knowledge about brain function using fMRI are presented first to put the work in context. The course then provides in depth coverage of the physics of image formation, mechanisms of image contrast, and the physiological basis for image signals. Parenchymal and cerebrovascular neuroanatomy and application of sophisticated structural analysis algorithms for segmentation and registration of functional data are discussed. Additional topics include fMRI experimental design including block design, event related and exploratory data analysis methods, building and applying statistical models for fMRI data. Human subjects issues including informed consent, institutional review board requirements and safety in the high field environment are presented.
Lecturers
Dr. Robert Banzett
Div Bolar (TA)
Dr. Randy Buckner
Dr. Bradford Dickerson
Dr. John Gabrieli
Dr. Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli
Dr. Doug Greve
Dr. Nouchine Hadjikhani
Dr. Karl Helmer
Dr. Nancy Kanwisher
Dr. David Kennedy
Dr. Joe Mandeville
Dr. Dara Manoach
Dr. Jennifer Melcher
Dr. Christopher Moore
Dr. Vitaly Napadow
Dr. Sonia Pujol
Dr. Bruce Rosen
Dr. David Salat
Dr. Robert Savoy
Dr. Dan Sodickson
Dr. A. Gregory Sorensen
Dr. Christina Triantafyllou
Dr. Mark Vangel
Dr. Lawrence Wald
Dr. Anastasia Yendiki
Technical Requirements