Functional MRI Conference March 25 San Francisco
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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)
Name
Address
Telephone
Email
Specialty
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
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