Participation possibilities (please fill in on the web-form):

Day 1: yes / no

Day 2: yes / no ;  morning : A / B                                  (Alternative sessions, see below)

Day 3: yes / no ;  morning: A / B ;  afternoon: A / B      (Alternative sessions, see below)

Day 4: yes / no

 

Schedule fMRI workshop 14-17 November 2006

 

Day 1: Tuesday 14 November

 

Lectures on Basics of fMRI Techniques & Design I                 

09:00-10:45       Detailed Overview of Functional MRI:
         
               Physics, Experimental Design, Data Analysis
         
               Perspectives on the Field

                        Robert Savoy

10:45-11:00       break

11:00-12:30       Physics and Physiology for Functional MRI

                        Robert Savoy

12:30-13:30       lunch break

13:30-15:30       Preprocessing of fMRI data

                        Elia Formisano

15:30-16:00       break

16:00-18:00       Experimental Design in Functional Brain Imaging: Examples and Principles

                        Robert Savoy

 

Day 2: Wednesday 15 November

 

-morning

A. Basic introduction to Brainvoyager

09:00–12:30      Exercises with “Getting started guide”

B. Meet the experts, discuss your own fMRI data & experiment

09:00-12:30       Robert Savoy and others

 

12:30-13:30       lunch break

 

- afternoon

Lectures on Basics of fMRI Design II

13:30-15:30       Relevant Software: Comparing Brains

            Computational Neuroanatomy  Event Related Design Matrices

                        Robert Savoy

15:30-16:00       break

16:00-18:00       Various Topics:

Critical Issues in Data Analysis, Clinical Application to Pre-Surgical Planning, Topic(s) by request of class

                        Robert Savoy

 

Day 3: Thursday 16 November

 

-morning

A. Advanced analysis in Brainvoyager: Lectures + Exercises

09:00–10:45      Cortex Based Alignment

                        Armin Heinecke

10:45-11:00       break

11:00–12:45      Independent Component Analysis

                        Federico de Martino

B. Meet the experts, discuss your own fMRI data & experiment

09:00-12:30       Robert Savoy and others

 

12:30-13:30       lunch break

 

-afternoon

A. Advanced topics in fMRI research

13:30-14:30       Functional & Effective Connectivity

                        Alard Roebroeck

14:30-15:30       Statistics on anatomical MRI volumes

                        John Ashburner

15:30-16:00       break

16:00-17:00       Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation & Neuronavigation

                        Alex Sack

B. Exercises Computer room

13:30 – 18:00

 

Day 4: Friday 17 November

 

A. Advanced analysis in Brainvoyager: Lectures + Exercises

09:00–10:45      Diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography

                        Alard Roebroeck

10:45-11:00       break

11:00–12:45      Cortical thickness measurements and statistics in MRI

                        Rainer Goebel

 

Advanced topics in fMRI research

13:30-14:30       Multivariate analysis methods for fMRI

                        Elia Formisano

14:30-15:30     Real-time fMRI and neurofeedback

                        Rainer Goebel