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=Week 1: Orientation to Neuroimaging, Neurons, Brains=
=Week 1: Orientation to Neuroimaging, Neurons, Brains=
==''Monday 9/27/10'' - Orientation & Neurons. ''Speaker'': [http://www.brainmapping.org/MarkCohen Mark Cohen]==
==''Monday 9/27/10'' - Orientation & Neurons. ''Speaker'': [http://www.brainmapping.org/MarkCohen Mark Cohen]==
In this first class we will review the basics of neurophysiology with an eye towards what signals of brain function might be visible to the neuroimager. We will discuss information coding
In this first class we will review the basics of neurophysiology with an eye towards what signals of brain function might be visible to the neuroimager. We will discuss information coding, energetics, size and time scales.


:Required Readings
''''Required Readings''''
*[http://www.ccn.ucla.edu/wiki/images/8/81/The_Active_Brain.pdf The Active Brain]
:*[http://www.ccn.ucla.edu/wiki/images/8/81/The_Active_Brain.pdf The Active Brain]
*[http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/PNA/Readings/NeuronFunction+AnatomyNITP.pdf Slides shown in class]
:*[http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/PNA/Readings/NeuronFunction+AnatomyNITP.pdf Slides shown in class]


''Suggested Further Reading''
''Suggested Further Reading''
*[http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/PNA/Readings/Protected/Kosslyn1999.pdf "If Neuroimaging is the Answer, What is the Question?" Kosslyn, 1999]
:*[http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/PNA/Readings/Protected/Kosslyn1999.pdf "If Neuroimaging is the Answer, What is the Question?" Kosslyn, 1999]
*[http://da.biostr.washington.edu:80/cgi-bin/DA/PageMaster?atlas:NeuroSyllabus+ffpathIndex/Splash^Page^Syllabus+2 Neuroanatomy Programmed Learning]
:*[http://da.biostr.washington.edu:80/cgi-bin/DA/PageMaster?atlas:NeuroSyllabus+ffpathIndex/Splash^Page^Syllabus+2 Neuroanatomy Programmed Learning]
*[http://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Neuroscience-Second-Larry-Squire/dp/0126603030 Squire, Fundamentals of Neuroscience]
:*[http://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Neuroscience-Second-Larry-Squire/dp/0126603030 Squire, Fundamentals of Neuroscience]
*[http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Eric-Kandel/dp/0838577016 Kandel, et al., "Principles of Neural Science"]
:*[http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Eric-Kandel/dp/0838577016 Kandel, et al., "Principles of Neural Science"]
:This paper, by Malhi, is a nice orientation in methods of neuroimaging. *[http://www.ccn.ucla.edu/wiki/images/f/f2/Malhi2007.pdf Making sense of neuroimaging in psychiatry]


==''Wednesday 9/29/10'' - The Organization of the Human Brain. ''Speaker'': [http://ccn.ucla.edu/bmcweb/bmc_bios/SusanBookheimer/ Susan Bookheimer]==
We will discuss the general organization of the human brain, and the regional specialization of cortical areas. The emphasis will be on understanding principles of organization:
*Phylogenetic Layering
*Functional Specialization
*Principles Divisions of the Brain
*Brain Systems


==''Wednesday 9/29/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL Name]==
''Required Readings''
#Outline
:*[http://da.biostr.washington.edu:80/cgi-bin/DA/PageMaster?atlas:NeuroSyllabus+ffpathIndex/Splash^Page^Syllabus+2 Neuroanatomy Programmed Learning]
 
''Suggested Further Reading''
:'''Problem Set 1 Neuroanatomy. Due in class 10/6.'''
----
We will be studying linear systems next week. This coming week until Monday would be a good time to review your calculus fundamentals:
:''Derivatives of Polynomials''
:''Integrals of polynomials''
:''Basic trig + derivatives and integrals of sine and cosine functions''
 
When we start on the linear systems section, we will be using these fundamentals to develop the LaPlace and Fourier transforms, which involve the use of imaginary numbers. The math content for that section is largely contained in this link: [[Media: MathematicalTools.pdf | Mathematical Tools]].
 
Please let me know by email or other means if this material looks too difficult.
 
You will need to have matlab installed and running to do the next problem set.
 
=Week 2: Linear Systems=
Why the emphasis on Linear Systems? Because they are actually ''easy'' (as compared to non-linear systems, which are not.) As we go through this course, we will see many ways in which linear systems theory is applied to:
:Modeling of Neural Systems
:Extraction of Signal from Noise
:Design of Circuits
:Image Enhancement
:Understanding of Image artifacts, and others.
 
Linear systems analysis is one of the great technologies of the 20th and 21st century. It is now the basis for virtually all electronics design, and its extension into the discrete (digital) domain is the basis for most of modern signal processing.
 
In our specific case, we will use these few basic principles of linear systems to understand both the instruments we use and the neuroimaging signals we collect. When you have mastered this material, you should be in a much better position to model the systems that you study in order to develop an approach to studying them.
 
==''Monday 10/4/10'' - Transforms and the Convolution Theorem. ''Speaker'': [http://www.brainmapping.org/MarkCohen Mark Cohen]==


:Required Readings
''Required Readings''
:*[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/710026/description#description van Drongelen:] Chapter 1
:*[[Media: Mathematical_tools.pdf|Mathematical Tools]]


''Suggested Further Reading''
''Suggested Further Reading''
:'''Problem Set 2A - Introduction to matlab'''
Please see [http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/PNA/html/Linearity.html MATLAB linearity demo]
If you are the type who sees beauty in mathematics, the Euler identity may be one of the most beautiful pieces of math in the world.


==''Wednesday 10/6/10'' - Fourier Transform Properties. ''Speaker'': [http://www.brainmapping.org/MarkCohen Mark Cohen]==
*Example transform derivations
*The Convolution theorem
*Oddness (and Even-ness)
*The Fourier Shift Theorem
Please see [http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/PNA/html/ShowConvolutions.html MATLAB demo of Fourier transforms and convolution]


=Week 2: #TOPIC=
Optional Readings:
==''Monday 10/4/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
:*[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/710026/description#description van Drongelen:] Chapters 5 through 9
#Outline
**Note: This reading may be heavy going. I will not be going into nearly this much detail in class, but your time on this will be very well spent. We will be revisiting this material later in the course in week 5.


:Required Readings
'''Suggested, Optional Readings from [http://www.dspguide.com DSPguide.com]:'''
:*[http://www.dspguide.com/CH5.PDF Linear Systems]
:*[http://www.dspguide.com/CH6.PDF Convolution]
:*[http://www.dspguide.com/CH8.PDF Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)]
:''Note: These chapters are lite on math and try to focus on a conceptual understanding''


''Suggested Further Reading''
:'''Problem Set 2B modeling in matlab'''


[[Media: ProblemSet3A.pdf|Problem Set 2A]] and
[http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/PNA/html/TwoDimensions.html Problem Set 2B]


==''Wednesday 10/6/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
----
#Outline


:Required Readings
I suggest very strongly that you brush up on linear algebra during this week in anticipation of Dr. Sugar's lectures in statistics. In particular, I would like you to have an understanding of :


''Suggested Further Reading''
:''Matrices as solutions to linear equations - determinants and inverses''
:''Matrix multiplication''


For these, I can recommend the Hefferon text noted above.


=Week 3: #TOPIC=
=Week 3: Noise and Basic Statistics=
==''Monday 10/11/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
==''Monday 10/11/10'' - Noise. ''Speaker'': [http://www.brainmapping.org/MarkCohen Mark Cohen]==
#Outline
It is what you ''don't'' want.
:Additive noise
:White Noise
:Boltzmann noise
:Colored Noise
:Gaussian Noise
:Coherent noise
:Sampling Errors
:Aliasing
:Quantization noise
:Spectral filtering


:Required Readings
Noise comes in all shapes and colors. It is present in every measurement we make, from an EEG voltage to an estimate of the effects of dopamine on forebrain signal. Our best weapons are an understanding of the statistical properties of noise, the sources of noise and the ways to control it. Noise in the discrete digital domain is special, as it is both ''created'' by digitization and amplified by sampling.


''Suggested Further Reading''
Readings:
:*[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/710026/description#description van Drongelen:] Chapters 2 through 4


:*Slides used in Class:
[http://www.brainmapping.org/NITP/PNA/Readings/Noise.pdf Noise Slides]
:'''Problem set 3 - properties of noise'''


==''Wednesday 10/13/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
==''Wednesday 10/13/10'' - Statistical Fundamentals. ''Speaker'': [http://www.npistat.com/about.asp Catherine Sugar, Director of the NPI Statistics Core]==
#Outline
We will consider the general problems of statistical inference, with a concentration on developing an intuitive understanding of statistical concepts.


:Required Readings
''Review of'':
:*Descriptive Statistics: mean, mode, variance, standard deviation
:*Statistical Inference. The Binomial and Normal Distribution
:*Basic Tests: t-test, linear correlation
:*Modeling and non-linear relations
:*Bayes rule


''Suggested Further Reading''
Suggested reading
:*[http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stbasic.html Statsoft online text (''free'')]
:*[http://www.amazon.com/Cartoon-Guide-Statistics-Larry-Gonick/dp/0062731025 The Cartoon Guide to Statistics - Gonick $17.95 new]
:The latter teaches stats at what I feel to be the right level - developing intuitions about the kinds of questions that can be answered using stats and about the statistical tests and measures


:'''Problem Set 5 - Statistics in matlab'''
::[[media: Problem_Set_1.doc|Problem set using stats and MATLAB]]
::[[media: Problem_Set_1B.doc|More practice with stats and MATLAB]]


=Week4: #TOPIC=
=Week4: Statistics for Imaging=
==''Monday 10/18/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
==''Monday 10/18/10'' - Statistics for Imaging I. ''Speaker'': [http://www.npistat.com/about.asp Catherine Sugar, Director of the NPI Statistics Core]==
#Outline
#Outline


:Required Readings
''Required Readings''
:*[http://www.nothing.com On-line lectures by Jeanette Mumford]
:*[[media: Mumford_stat_modeling.pdf | Statistical Modeling and Inference (pdf)]]
 
:*The General Linear Model
*Linear Algebra applied to Statistical Solutions
:*Analysis of Variance


''Suggested Further Reading''
''Suggested Further Reading''


==''Wednesday 10/20/10'' - Statistics for Imaging II. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
*Fixed and Random Effects
*Repeated measures
:*Bonferroni and Other Corrections
*Non-Parametric Methods
*Autocorrelation
*Unknown Distributions


==''Wednesday 10/20/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
''Required Readings''
#Outline
 
:Required Readings


''Suggested Further Reading''
''Suggested Further Reading''




=Week 5: #TOPIC=
=Week 5: Optics=
==''Monday 10/25/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
==''Monday 10/25/10'' - Optics I. ''Speaker'': [mailto: Zachary Taylor]==
#Outline
#Outline


:Required Readings
''Required Readings''


''Suggested Further Reading''
''Suggested Further Reading''




==''Wednesday 10/27/10'' - #LECTURE. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
==''Wednesday 10/27/10'' - Optics II. ''Speaker'': [#URL]==
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:Required Readings
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Revision as of 17:21, 25 September 2010

Principles of Neuroimaging A, Fall, 2010 - Class Schedule and Syllabus Back to main course page

Week 1: Orientation to Neuroimaging, Neurons, Brains

Monday 9/27/10 - Orientation & Neurons. Speaker: Mark Cohen

In this first class we will review the basics of neurophysiology with an eye towards what signals of brain function might be visible to the neuroimager. We will discuss information coding, energetics, size and time scales.

'Required Readings'

Suggested Further Reading

This paper, by Malhi, is a nice orientation in methods of neuroimaging. *Making sense of neuroimaging in psychiatry

Wednesday 9/29/10 - The Organization of the Human Brain. Speaker: Susan Bookheimer

We will discuss the general organization of the human brain, and the regional specialization of cortical areas. The emphasis will be on understanding principles of organization:

  • Phylogenetic Layering
  • Functional Specialization
  • Principles Divisions of the Brain
  • Brain Systems

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading

Problem Set 1 Neuroanatomy. Due in class 10/6.

We will be studying linear systems next week. This coming week until Monday would be a good time to review your calculus fundamentals:

Derivatives of Polynomials
Integrals of polynomials
Basic trig + derivatives and integrals of sine and cosine functions

When we start on the linear systems section, we will be using these fundamentals to develop the LaPlace and Fourier transforms, which involve the use of imaginary numbers. The math content for that section is largely contained in this link: Mathematical Tools.

Please let me know by email or other means if this material looks too difficult.

You will need to have matlab installed and running to do the next problem set.

Week 2: Linear Systems

Why the emphasis on Linear Systems? Because they are actually easy (as compared to non-linear systems, which are not.) As we go through this course, we will see many ways in which linear systems theory is applied to:

Modeling of Neural Systems
Extraction of Signal from Noise
Design of Circuits
Image Enhancement
Understanding of Image artifacts, and others.

Linear systems analysis is one of the great technologies of the 20th and 21st century. It is now the basis for virtually all electronics design, and its extension into the discrete (digital) domain is the basis for most of modern signal processing.

In our specific case, we will use these few basic principles of linear systems to understand both the instruments we use and the neuroimaging signals we collect. When you have mastered this material, you should be in a much better position to model the systems that you study in order to develop an approach to studying them.

Monday 10/4/10 - Transforms and the Convolution Theorem. Speaker: Mark Cohen

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading

Problem Set 2A - Introduction to matlab

Please see MATLAB linearity demo

If you are the type who sees beauty in mathematics, the Euler identity may be one of the most beautiful pieces of math in the world.


Wednesday 10/6/10 - Fourier Transform Properties. Speaker: Mark Cohen

  • Example transform derivations
  • The Convolution theorem
  • Oddness (and Even-ness)
  • The Fourier Shift Theorem

Please see MATLAB demo of Fourier transforms and convolution

Optional Readings:

    • Note: This reading may be heavy going. I will not be going into nearly this much detail in class, but your time on this will be very well spent. We will be revisiting this material later in the course in week 5.

Suggested, Optional Readings from DSPguide.com:

Note: These chapters are lite on math and try to focus on a conceptual understanding
Problem Set 2B modeling in matlab

Problem Set 2A and Problem Set 2B


I suggest very strongly that you brush up on linear algebra during this week in anticipation of Dr. Sugar's lectures in statistics. In particular, I would like you to have an understanding of :

Matrices as solutions to linear equations - determinants and inverses
Matrix multiplication

For these, I can recommend the Hefferon text noted above.

Week 3: Noise and Basic Statistics

Monday 10/11/10 - Noise. Speaker: Mark Cohen

It is what you don't want.

Additive noise
White Noise
Boltzmann noise
Colored Noise
Gaussian Noise
Coherent noise
Sampling Errors
Aliasing
Quantization noise
Spectral filtering

Noise comes in all shapes and colors. It is present in every measurement we make, from an EEG voltage to an estimate of the effects of dopamine on forebrain signal. Our best weapons are an understanding of the statistical properties of noise, the sources of noise and the ways to control it. Noise in the discrete digital domain is special, as it is both created by digitization and amplified by sampling.

Readings:

  • Slides used in Class:
Noise Slides
Problem set 3 - properties of noise

Wednesday 10/13/10 - Statistical Fundamentals. Speaker: Catherine Sugar, Director of the NPI Statistics Core

We will consider the general problems of statistical inference, with a concentration on developing an intuitive understanding of statistical concepts.

Review of:

  • Descriptive Statistics: mean, mode, variance, standard deviation
  • Statistical Inference. The Binomial and Normal Distribution
  • Basic Tests: t-test, linear correlation
  • Modeling and non-linear relations
  • Bayes rule

Suggested reading

The latter teaches stats at what I feel to be the right level - developing intuitions about the kinds of questions that can be answered using stats and about the statistical tests and measures
Problem Set 5 - Statistics in matlab
Problem set using stats and MATLAB
More practice with stats and MATLAB

Week4: Statistics for Imaging

Monday 10/18/10 - Statistics for Imaging I. Speaker: Catherine Sugar, Director of the NPI Statistics Core

  1. Outline

Required Readings

  • The General Linear Model
  • Linear Algebra applied to Statistical Solutions
  • Analysis of Variance

Suggested Further Reading

Wednesday 10/20/10 - Statistics for Imaging II. Speaker: [#URL]

  • Fixed and Random Effects
  • Repeated measures
  • Bonferroni and Other Corrections
  • Non-Parametric Methods
  • Autocorrelation
  • Unknown Distributions

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week 5: Optics

Monday 10/25/10 - Optics I. Speaker: [mailto: Zachary Taylor]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday 10/27/10 - Optics II. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week 6: #TOPIC

Monday 11/1/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday 11/13/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week 7: #TOPIC

Monday 11/8/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday 11/10/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week 8: #TOPIC

Monday 11/15/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday 11/17/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week 9: #TOPIC

Monday 11/22/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday 11/24/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week 10: #TOPIC

Monday 12/1/10 - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday #DATE - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week #NUM: #TOPIC

Monday #DATE - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday #DATE - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week #NUM: #TOPIC

Monday #DATE - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday #DATE - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Week #NUM: #TOPIC

Monday #DATE - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading


Wednesday #DATE - #LECTURE. Speaker: [#URL]

  1. Outline

Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading