First Japanese BrainVoyager 2000 Seminar

Tokyo, March 12-14 2001

We like to invite you to attend our first BrainVoyager seminar in Japan. The seminar will be held in Tokyo, March 12 - 14, 2001 by the author of BrainVoyager, Prof. Dr. Rainer Goebel (Dept. of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, and CEO of Brain Innovation B.V., Maastricht, The Netherlands) and assistant tutors.

This seminar is sponsored and organized by Kohden Medical Co., CEO Mr. Katsuo Tateno, the Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Dr. Yoshiro Okubo (Dept. of Clinical Physiology, School of Allied Health Science, Faculty of Medicine) and Brain Innovation B.V., Maastricht, The Netherlands.

The seminar will take place at the Tokyo Medical & Dental University (1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113). For further information regarding the location of the lecture room, please contact Dr. Okubo (okubo.psyc@med.tmd.ac.jp or Tel. +81-3-5803-5372 or Fax +81-3-5803-0165).

We have attached below the preliminary program. The seminar consists of lectures explaining the functions of BrainVoyager. The participants are expected to have basic knowledge about functional and anatomical magnetic resonance imaging, brain anatomy, and statistical methods. The second part of the seminar consist of hands-on exercises. The participants are going to learn step by step the analysis of anatomical and functional MRI data. Advanced topics are focussing on the reconstruction and visualization of cortical surfaces as well as on advanced statistical methods like cortex-based Independent Component Analysis. The participants will work in groups of 2 people together with a group leader, who has already experience with the software. 

It is required that about 50% of the participants would carry their own PC for the exercises. Your PC shall have the following components to run BrainVoyager: 128 MB working memory, 1 GB free hard disc memory, 32MB graphic board with OpenGL support (i.e. ASUS V7700 GeForce), CD and floppy disc drive, parallel port, and at least a 17 inch monitor, Windows operating system (95, 98, NT, 2000, ME). We will upgrade/install the latest BrainVoyager version at the first day.

If you like to attend the seminar, please contact Mr. Tateno for registration (ktateno@zb3.so-net.ne.jp or Tel. +81-42-584-0981) and additional information. Note that the number of participants is limited.

Accommodation: The Tokyo Garden Palace Hotel is in walking distance from the Tokyo Medical & Dental University (www.hotelgp-tokyo.com, +81-3-3815-5262). Furthermore the university has a very convenient connection with subways and trains.

We would be glad to see you or one of your colleagues at the BrainVoyager seminar.

Preliminary program

March 12

March 13

March 14