Principles of Neuroimaging B - 2017
Principles of Neuroimaging B, Winter, 2016 - Class Schedule and Syllabus
This schedule is a draft only and will change!
Course Reading
Required Reading
- Signal Processing for Neuroscientists by Wim van Drongelen
- This can be found as a PDF on scribd.com, for a small fee of $8.99
Supplemental Reading
- Matlab for Neuroscientists
- Link for download found here for a small fee: http://www.scribd.com/doc/88212458/Matlab-Matlab-for-Neuroscientists
- Cartoon Guide to Statistics
- Link for download found here for a small fee: http://www.scribd.com/doc/148072668/Cartoon-Guide-to-Statistics
- NOTE: if you subscribe for a Scribd account for a day, you can download as many documents as you like for one fee.
Week 1: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Monday 1/9/17’’
- Pulse Sequences. ‘’Speaker’’: TBD
Wednesday 1/11/17’’
- MR Parameters. ‘’Speaker’’: TBD
Week 2: MRI Techniques
Monday 1/16/17’’
MLK Day No Class
Wednesday 1/18/17’’
-MR Applications (MR, fMRI, DTI, ASL, Spectroscopy). ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Week 3: Non-MR Imaging
Monday 1/23/17’’
- PET I. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Wednesday 1/25/17’’
- PET II. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Week 4: Non-MR Imaging
Monday 1/30/17’’
- Optogenetics I. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Wednesday 2/1/17’’
- Optogenetics II. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Required Readings - Please complete these readings prior to class.
Suggested Further Reading
Week 5: Multimodal Imaging & Neuroimaging Data
Monday 2/6/17’’
- Multimodal Imaging ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Wednesday 2/8/17’’
- Neuroimaging Data: Fundamentals. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
MIDTERM
Week 6: Neuroimaging Data
Monday 2/13/17’’
Midterm Review
‘’Wednesday 2/15/17’’
-Multivariate Analyses: Dimension Reduction. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Week 7: Neuroimaging Data
Monday 2/20/17’’
President’s Day Holiday No Class
Wednesday 2/22/17’’
- Multivariate Analyses: Brain Decoding ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Week 8: Practical Brain Decoding & Connectivity
Monday 2/27/17’’
Building a BCI System
Wednesday 3/1/17’’
- Connectivity Fundamentals ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Week 9: Neuromodulation
Monday 3/6/17’’
-TMS. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Wednesday 3/8/17’’
- Ultrasound. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
'Required Readings
Suggested Further Reading Once upon a time we demonstrated that this sort of magnetic stimulation can take place in the MRI machines:
Suggested Further Reading
Week 10: Review
Monday 3/13/17’’
-Final Exam Review. ‘’Speaker’’ TBD
Wednesday 3/15/17’’
-TBD
Suggested Further Reading
Week 8: Advanced MRI methods
Monday 2/22/16
- 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):
Wednesday 2/25/16
- Brain Morphometry. Speaker: Roger Woods:
Required Readings - Please complete these readings prior to class.
Suggested Further Reading
Week 9: MR Spectroscopy
Monday 2/29/16
No class
Wednesday 3/2/16
Spectroscopy fundamentals. Speaker: Joseph O'Neill
Required Readings - Please complete these readings prior to class.
- Spectroscopic Methods. Speaker: Albert Thomas
Required Readings - Please complete these readings prior to class.
Suggested Further Reading
- SA Wijtenburg, LM Rowland, RA Edden and PB Barker, “Reproducibility of brain spectroscopy at 7T using conventional localization and spectral editing techniques.” J Magn Reson Imaging, 38(2): p. 460-467. 2013. PMCID: PMC3620961
- S Lipnick, G Verma, S Ramadan, J Furuyama and MA Thomas, “Echo planar correlated spectroscopic imaging: implementation and pilot evaluation in human calf in vivo.” Magn Reson Med, 64(4): p. 947-956. 2010. PMCID: PMC2946523
- JK Furuyama, NE Wilson, BL Burns, R Nagarajan, DJ Margolis and MA Thomas, “Application of compressed sensing to multidimensional spectroscopic imaging in human prostate.” Magn Reson Med, 67(6): p. 1499-1505. 2012.
Week 10: Multimodal Methods / Course wrap up
Monday 3/7/16
- Imaging Genetics. Speaker: Carrie Bearden:
Required Readings - Please complete these readings prior to class.
Suggested Further Reading
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