Principles of Neuroimaging B - 2015
Principles of Neuroimaging B, Winter, 2015 - Class Schedule and Syllabus
Week 1 - MRI and fMRI
Monday 1/5/15
- MRI II Speaker: Cohen
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is probably the most influential and most flexible current means of imaging the human brain. It features a vast number of separable contrast mechanisms, and a near ideal combination of non-invasiveness, safety, resolution and metric accuracy. However, it is extraordinarily expensive and has limited temporal resolution, especially for functional studies
OUTLINE Required Readings
- MRI Slides
- These notes by Joseph Hornak are highly professional and complete coverage of MRI.
- eMRI is another excellent online MRI learning resource
- Erwin Hahn - Spin Echoes: Essential reading for the MRI community
above: Figure 1 from Hahn, 1950
Suggested Further Reading
Wednesday 1/7/15
- fMRI and MotionSpeaker: Cohen
Week 2 - Artifacts, Image Quality, Diffusion
Monday 1/1215
- Artifacts Speaker: Cohen
Wednesday 1/14/15
- Diffusion Physics Speaker: Ben Ellingson
Required Readings Slides should be up soon.
- Handouts for class on 1/14/15 <- New 1/26-2015
- Ben Ellingson Diffusion Slides uploaded 3/14/14
Suggested Further Reading
- Sadly, the library does not have a subscription for the journals below (Mark has copies on reserve in his office):
Week 3 - Holiday and a canceled class
Monday 1/19/15
Martin Luther King Day
Wednesday 1/21/15
Class canceled due to other academic commitments. Sorry
Week 4 - Optics, SQUIDs MRI Contrast
Monday 1/26/15
Optics I. Speaker: Zachary Taylor
The overall goal of this lecture is to establish that: - Physical constants have tangible meanings - Plane waves form a physically unrealizable but extremely good approximation to real systems - Boundaries bend light - Physical constants, plane wave mechanics, and boundaries can be used to describe the operation of a lens - The PSF gives a good indication of the overall performance of an imaging system - All of these concepts have analogues in other areas of engineering (ie circuits, mechanical vibrations, etc.)''
Outline:
- Constitutive parameters (ε, μ, η, n, etc.)
- Plane wave basics
- Plane waves at boundaries
- Lenses
- Advanced imaging properties of lenses
- Point spread function.
Required Readings Zach has very kindly agreed to post his Optics lecture notes. Suggested Further Reading
Wednesday 1/28/15
SQUIDs and MRI Contrast Agents. Speaker: Massoud Akhtari
- Lecture Slides: SQUIDs Lecture Slides
Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices
- What is superconductivity
- What are SQUIDs
- Basic physics of SQUIDs
- Basic principles of measuring small magnetic fields
- Applications
Suggested Further Readings
Principles and roles of contrast agents on MRI
- What are contrast agents
- What are the physical principles of MRI contrast agents
- Different classes of MRI contrast agents: Passive vs active
- examples of various contrast agents
- Physiological and safety requirements of contrast agents
- Targeted contrast agents
Suggested Further Readings
Week 5. Optics and New Optical Methods
Monday 2/2/15
- Optics II. Speaker: Zachary Taylor
Required Readings
- Continued from prior week
Wednesday 2/4/15 - Trans-blood and TeraHertz Imaging Speaker: Warren Grundfest
Required Readings
Optional Readings
Week 6 Ultrasound and Optogenetics
Monday 2/9/15
Ultrasound. Speaker: George Saddik
Required Readings
Wednesday 2/11/15
Optogenetics. Speaker: Tom Otis
Required Readings
Week 7 PET
Monday 2/16/15
President's Day Vacation - No Class
Wednesday 2/18/15
Positron Emission Tomography. Speaker: Magnus Dahlboun
Handouts distributed in class.
Week 8 PET and Spectroscopy
Monday 2/23/15
PET applications. Speaker: Edythe London
Wednesday 2/25/15
- Spectroscopy Speaker: Joe O'Neill
Required Readings
Week 9 Transcranial Magnetostimulation and Brain Stimulation
Monday 3/2/15
Class canceled due to scheduling problems.
Wednesday 3/4/15
TMS. Speaker: Allan Wu
'Required Readings
Suggested Further Reading Once upon a time we demonstrated that this sort of magnetic stimulation can take place in the MRI machines:
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Week 10
Monday 3/9/15
- Multimodal imaging. Speaker: Mark Cohen -
Required Readings
Wednesday 3/11/15
- Brain Stimulation. Speaker: Alexander Bystritsky
Required Readings