The course will take place over 3 days starting Friday morning; attendees will arrive the evening before. There will be a mixture of lectures and hands-on experiments each day. The schedule for the course is listed below. Attendees should make their flights so that they depart Chicago after 5pm.
Friday: Functional Imaging Day
* Welcome and Introduction – Todd Parrish (8-8:30AM)
* Imaging physics and functional physiology
* Neuro and Functional anatomy and connectivity
* fMRI paradigm and experimental design
* Lunch (provided)
* LAB1 – fMRI focus – (1-3PM)
* Hands-on analysis of fMRI data and review topics – (3-5PM)
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* Dinner – on your own; recommendations made; theater options
Saturday: Diffusion and Perfusion Day
* Coffee and Questions (8-9AM)
* Issues related to clinical fMRI
* Perfusion Imaging
* Diffusion Imaging
* Lunch (provided)
* LAB2 –Perfusion & Diffusion – (1-3PM)
* Hand-on analysis of perfusion and diffusion data – (3-5PM)
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* Dinner – on your own; recommendations made; theater options
Sunday: Spectroscopy Day and review
* Coffee and Questions (8:00-9AM)
* Physics of MR spectroscopy and data processing
* LAB3 – MR spectroscopy – (10:00-11AM)
* Hands-on analysis of MRS data from lab
* Lunch (provided)
* Functional Neuroimaging from a Clinician’s point of view
* Review and Final Questions (2:00-3:00PM)
Attendees should make their flights so that they depart Chicago after 5pm.
Instructors:
Jennie Chen, PhD; Department of Radiology. A Biomedical Engineer with experience in MRI research and pulse sequence programming. Dr. Chen has extensive experience in BOLD and Perfusion methods in MRI.
Todd Parrish, PhD; Department of Radiology. Experienced MRI researcher with a focus on developing Neuroimaging methods and applications.
Ben Liu, MD; Department of Radiology. Ben is an experienced Neuroradiologist who co-directs the clinical functional imaging program at Northwestern Medicine.