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Training

The following are classes and training offered by the staff of CFMI. This page includes class requirements, schedules, materials, and synopses.


MRI Safety Training Next Offered July 10th 2009, Oct 2009
Description:
Completion of the CFMI MRI Safety Training Course is required for all investigators working in the facility.

The program will include a 1-hr MRI safety lecture, viewing of an MRI safety video, tour of the magnet room, practice in subject screening and a brief exam.

Course materials are available in the downloads section and should be read prior to the lecture. In addition, the following on MRI hardware and safety should be read ahead of time.



Please contact us if you are interested in enrolling in this course.
Schedule:
9:30am-1:00pm

Preclinical Science, Lower Level, LM-14
Downloads
ACR safety guidelines
MRI Screener
Commentary on ACR white paper

Elements of Imaging Fall 2009
Description:
Functional brain imaging techniques are important tools for both neuroscientists and clinicians. In this course we will focus on functional MRI with an emphasis on understanding the relationship between the underlying neuronal changes and the signal changes measured using fMRI. Other topics will include experimental design, fMRI data analysis, and interpretation of results. We will also discuss the application of this technique to clinical and neuroscience research.

The course will include both lectures and hands-on labs. Students will conduct and participate in an fMRI experiment that will include design, implementation, data acquisition and data analysis. A project report will be required and include review of pertinent neuroscience literature, discussion of the methodological issues covered during the lectures and presentation and analysis of the experimental findings. There will be mid-term and final examinations to assess the students' general understanding of the material covered in these lectures. The mid-term exam will compose 30% of the final grade, the final exam 30%, and the project report 40%. The course is open to both graduate and undergraduate students.

Textbook: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2nd Edition
Huettel, Song and McCarthy
Sinauer Associates (2004)

Course Director: Dr. John VanMeter
Schedule:
September 8th   Introduction to fMRI and MRI Hardware Components
September 15th Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging & MR Contrast
September 22nd Neuronal Processing and Hemodynamics
September 29th BOLD Contrast and Properties of the BOLD fMRI Signal
October 6th Signal and Noise in BOLD fMRI
October 13th Data Analysis: Pre-processing
October 20th Experimental Design
October 27th Midterm Exam / Lab: Plan Student Experiments
November 3rd Lab: Collect fMRI Data for Student Experiments
November 10th Statistical Analysis of fMRI Data
November 17th Lab: Pre-processing of Student Data
November 24th Lab: Statistical Analysis of Student Data
December 1st Statistical Analysis of fMRI Data (continued)
December 8th Interpreting fMRI Data, Future Directions
December 22nd Project Reports Due

Tuesdays, 10:15am to 11:55am
Downloads
Introduction to fMRI Methods
NSCI-521 Syllabus
Lecture 1: Intro & Hardware
Lecture 2 - MRI Signal, Contrast, Localization
Basics of MRI
Lecture 3 - Neuronal Activity, Hemodynamics
MRI Contrast - Spin Echo Experiments
MRI Contrast - Gradient Echo Experiments
Lecture 4 - BOLD fMRI
Lecture 5 - SNR in BOLD fMRI
Paper on Affects of Caffeine on BOLD
Paper by Boynton on Linearity of BOLD
Paper on What Constitutes a Normal Subject
Lecture 6 - Experimental Design
Original paper on the 99-sessions experiment
Paper revisiting the 99-session data

Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging Not Currently Offered
Description:
This course is designed to introduce basic principles and methodologies of magnetic resonance imaging.

Course Director: Dr. John VanMeter
Schedule:
Monday-Thursday
CFMI Conference Room
Preclinical Science Building LM 14
9:30-noon
July 5-August 5

CFMI Discussion Not Currently Offered
Description:
The plan is to meet on the second and last Friday afternoons 12 to 2pm of each month to discuss topics of interest. This can range from a current project in the lab to a paper of interest for novelty and rigor. These meetings are to be a critical discussion of topics, rather than presentations. It should be emphasized that the success of such meetings rests upon full participation the will to prepare for topics of discussion and learn as much as possible from them. It is desirable that the presenters send a list of suggested reading materials and questions of interest in advance.
Schedule:
Feb 24, 2006: Talairaching and corpus callosum tracing:JVM
Mar 10, 2006: SPM regressors: JM, AA
Mar 31, 2006: DTI: JVM
Apr 7, 2006: ANOVA and Repeated Measures: SB, AH(MRS),JMM(Clock)
Apr 28, 2006: MRS data analysis: AH
May 12, 2006: Behavioral Battery: TS, JMM
May 26, 2006: Phsyo dacq & analysis: JM
Jun 9, 2006: HIPPA and IRB/Endnote: JVM/Group
Jun 30, 2006: Conducting a study & grants: BCC
Jul 14, 2006: NIRS: AM
Jul 28, 2006: EEG: AM, AA
Aug 11, 2006: Computing resources: LF
Aug 25, 2006: NGA: LML