Principles of Neuroimaging B - 2013

Principles of Neuroimaging B, Winter, 2012 - Class Schedule and Syllabus

Main course page for Principles of Neuroimaging (2012-13)

M284A Principles of Neuroimaging A

• Notes for Instructors

Week 1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is probably the most influential and most felxible 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

Monday 1/7/13 - MRI. Speaker: Cohen

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

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Wednesday 1/9/13 - MRI II. Speaker: Cohen

OUTLINE Required Readings

• MRI Slides (same as 1/7/13)

Suggested Further Reading

• READING

Week 2 MRI Applications

Monday 1/14/13 - Functional MRI. Speaker: Cohen

Videos - Please Right Click and Save rather than Stream

• Lecture Part 1
• Lecture Part 2

Wednesday 1/16/13 - Functional MRI. Speaker: Cohen

OUTLINE Required Readings

Suggested Further Reading

• Hageman DTI Slides
• Hageman DTI Notes 2/26/12
• Diffusion tensor imaging of cerebral white matter: a pictorial review of physics, fiber tract anatomy, and tumor imaging patterns AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2004 Mar;25(3):356-69

Sadly, the library does not have a subscription for the journals below (Mark has copies on reserve in his office):

• Microstructural and physiological features of tissues elucidated by quantitative-diffusion-tensor MRI. J Magn Reson B. 1996 Jun;111(3):209-19
• Principles of diffusion tensor imaging and its applications to basic neuroscience research. Neuron. 2006 Sep 7;51(5):527-39

Suggested Further Reading

• READING

Week 4 PET Imaging

Monday 1/28/13 - PET. Speaker: http://faculty.pharmacology.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=45558 Magnus Dahlboun]

• Problem Set 1 Due 02/06/2013 by 5PM