Functional MRI Conference March 25 San Francisco

Fri Jan 27 16:58:03 EST 1995

Functional Magnetice Resonance Imaging (fMRI) workshop:
    How to interpret it 
    How to do it

Satellite workshop before
Cognitive Neuroscience

Saturday, March 25, 1995
Fairmont Hotel 
San Francisco, California

At the conference you will learn:
      How to interpret functional Magnetic 
            Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data
      What is needed to do effective fMRI imaging
      Specific techniques for fMRI imaging
      Sample protocols and procedures
      A review of recent fMRI results
Conference directors
  Walter Schneider,  University of Pittsburgh
  G. R. Mangun,  University of  California, Davis
Additional faculty
  Michael Buonocore,  University of California, Davis
  George Carman,  Sloan Center Theor. Neurobiology, Salk Institute
  BJ Casey, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Jonathan Cohen,  Carnegie  Mellon Univ. & Univ. of  Pittsburgh
  Neal Cohen,      University of Illinois 
  John Desmond,   Stanford  University 
  Anders Dale,  U. of Oslo & U. of California, San Diego
  Steve Engel,  Stanford University
  Peter Fox,  University of Texas 
  Karl Friston,  Hamersmith Hospital
  Gary Glover,  Stanford University
  James Haxby,  National  Institute of Mental Health
  Marty Sereno,  University of California, San Diego
  Steve Small,  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Robert Savoy,  Massachusetts Gen. Hos. NMR Center
  Leslie Ungerleider, National Institute of Mental Health 
  Robert Weisskoff,  Massachusetts Gen. Hos. NMR Center

Program schedule
Saturday, March 25, 1995
8:15 Plenary session overview
  Walter Schneider, G. R. Mangun, Robert Savoy: Perspectives on
  brain functional imaging and role of fMRI. What is fMRI, examples
  of use, brain mapping, limitations of technique, example simulated
  session
9:15  The physics of fMRI
  Gary Glover, discussant Robert Weisskoff: How MRI works,
  hemodynamic response,  magnet strength, spatial and temporal
  resolution, pulse sequences (conventional, spiral, echo-planar),
  coils (surface, head), pulse programming for fMRI, optimization of
  parameters: thickness, flip,  dealing with artifacts (banding,
  movement, echoes)
10:15 (15 minute break)
10:30 Experimental design & control 
  Walter Schneider; discussant James Haxby: Stimulus
  presentation/response collection in the MRI, head constraint,
  replicability,  experimental task design, scan planning for fMRI;
  signal tradeoffs of space, time, condition sequencing, use of
  scout fMRI images, co-registration across runs, data management,
  MRI & experiment synchronization
11:30 Data analysis 
  James Haxby, Karl Friston:  Statistical procedures, particle
  analysis, area measurements, correction for multiple tests,
  eigenvector spaces,  averaging within and between subjects, power
  spectrum analysis    
12:30-1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 Localization within and between subjects 
  George Carman, Anders Dale & Marty Sereno,  Peter Fox: Within and
  between session registration,  between  subject registration,  3d
  space coordinates, converting 3d space into 2d maps, co-
  registration with other modalities 
2:30 Scanning in different regions & subjects 
  Sensory processes John Engel: Vision, audition, tactile, motor
  Language processing Steve Small: Reading, speaking listening
  Complex cognitive processing Jonathan Cohen: Memory, emotion
  Subcortical Neal Cohen: Hippocampus, LGN
3:40 (15 minute break)

3:55 Scanning children & development 
  BJ Casey: Effects of changes in brain size, cortical maturation,
  age related hemodynamic responsiveness; screening subjects,
  getting comfortable in magnet, minimizing movement
4:15 Clinical applications 
  John Desmond: Functional mapping and surgery planning
4:45 fMRI in the neuroscience of learning       
  Leslie Ungerleider: the role of fMRI in the neuroscience
  assessment of cortical plasticity in the transient and enduring
  effects of learning
5:30 break (15 minutes)
5:45 Administrative & training considerations
  Walter Schneider, Robert Savoy, round table: Overview, safety
  considerations, costs, medical staffing, human subjects review,
  training opportunities 
6:15  MRI demonstration stations
  Simulated "hands on experience".  There will  be a series of short
  presentations around the room, 15 minutes per station.
  Subject preparation Bite bar, screening, subject selection,
     running special patient populations, land marking, subject
     running, subject safety
  Stimulus presentation Visual stimuli, auditory stimuli, response
     collection, heart rate monitoring, example stimulus paradigms
     (checkerboards, hand squeeze, memory updating, correlational
     mapping)
  MRI magnet room Scan types, structural scanning, MRA, 3D,
     functional scans, acoustic effects and types of images obtained
     at each step
  Statistical processing of data Significance of activation,
     correlation, data visualization, registration, labeling,
     relating of data
7:15 End of workshop

Location
The conference will be at the Fairmont Hotel immediately preceding
the 2nd annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (March
26-28)

Fairmont Hotel telephone 415-772-5000 or mail to Group
Reservations, Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA
94108.  Persons attending the Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting can
qualify for the special meeting rate if they reference the Society
Related Activities

Program Sponsors:
Neural Processes In Cognition Program & Center for the Neural
   Basis of Cognition: Univ. of Pittsburgh &  Carnegie Mellon Univ.
University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience & 
    Radiology Department 
Center for Advanced MR Technology, Stanford University
Meeting.

The Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeting will include symposia on brain
development, brain imaging, spatial cognition, computational modeling,
imagery, language processing and multiple poster sessions.
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fMRI Workshop registration information
Registration is limited to 150
Register early to insure a seat
(Note seats given in order of paid registrations recieved)

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Registration fee:
 Before March 1, 1995
  Faculty $40.00
  Student $30.00
 After March 1, 1995
  Faculty $50.00
  Student $40.00

Make Checks payable to:
University of Pittsburgh, fMRI workshop

Complete form and send to 
Cathy Rupp, fMRI Workshop
524 LRDC
University of Pittsburgh
3939 O'Hara St 
Pittsburgh PA 15260

For information Email to:
    neurocog at vms.cis.pitt.edu